Problems with sampling desert tortoises: A simulation analysis based on field data

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-56

  Freilich, Jerome E ^a,e   Camp, Richard J ^b,f   Duda, Jeffrey J ^c   Karl, Alice E ^d,g  

^a National Park Service   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Olympic National Park   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert tortoise; Distance sampling; Estimator performance; Gopherus agassizii; Mark recapture sampling; Plot size choice; Simulation; Survey methods; Tortoises

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; REPTILE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 18044363666     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0045:PWSDTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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