A meta-analysis of grizzly bear DNA mark-recapture projects in British Columbia, Canada

Ursus

Volumn 13, Issue , 2001, Pages 137-152

  Boulanger, John ^a   White, Gary C ^b   McLellan, Bruce N ^c   Woods, John ^d   Proctor, Mike ^e   Himmer, Stefan ^f  

^a Integrated Ecological Research   (Canada)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^d Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f Arctos Wildlife Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Capture recapture; Closure violation; DNA; Grizzly bear; Heterogeneity variation; MARK software; Mark recapture; Mixture models; Pradel models; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642435901     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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