Generic variance expressions, precision, and sampling optimization for the sex-age-kill model of population reconstruction

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1308-1316

  Skalski, John R ^a   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost function; Elk; Field sampling; Harvest; Odocoileus virginianus; Population analysis; Population assessment; Population reconstruction; Precision; Sampling; Sex Age Kill; Variance; White tailed deer; Wisconsin method

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; DEER; MONITORING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0036816036     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802964     Document Type: Article

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