A new method for estimating the size of small populations from genetic mark-recapture data

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1991-2005

  Miller, Craig R ^a   Joyce, Paul ^a   Waits, Lisette P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Center for Research on Invasive Species and Small Populations   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture heterogeneity; Mark recapture; Microsatellites; Non invasive genetic sampling; Population estimation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STATISTICS;

EID: 20144371320     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02577.x     Document Type: Article

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