Can distance sampling and dung plots be used to assess the density of mountain hares Lepus timidust?

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-192

  Newey, Scott ^a   Bell, Marjory ^b   Enthoven, Stephanie ^b   Thirgood, Simon ^a,c,d  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Density estimation; Distance sampling; Dung plots; Mountain hare

Indexed keywords

LEPUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS;

EID: 0142010109     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2003.049     Document Type: Article

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