Roe deer Capreolus capreolus behaviour affects density estimates from distance sampling surveys

Mammal Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 315-319

  Ward, Alastair I ^a,b   White, Piran C L ^a   Critchley, Charles H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Central Science Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^c Forest Enterprise   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data truncation; Road avoidance; Transect surveys

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIOR; DEER; ROAD; TRANSECT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH YORKSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 10844223807     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2004.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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