A comparison of 3 aerial survey techniques to estimate wild horse abundance in the Australian Alps

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1138-1149

  Walter, Michelle J ^a,b,c   Hone, Jim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b Australian National University ^*  (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Equus caballus; Line transects; Mark recapture analysis; Population estimation; Wild horse

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LINE TRANSECT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; UNGULATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ALPS;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 1642465045     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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