Are indirect measures of abundance a useful index of population density? The case of red grouse harvesting

Oikos

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 439-446

  Cattadori, Isabella M ^a   Haydon, Daniel T ^b   Thirgood, Simon J ^a   Hudson, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CATCH STATISTICS; GAMEBIRD; HARVESTING; POPULATION DENSITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0038284724     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12072.x     Document Type: Article

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