A method for estimating wildlife detection probabilities in relation to home-range use: Insights from a field study on the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Wildlife Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-227

  Ball, Stephen J ^a   Ramsey, David ^b   Nugent, Graham ^a   Warburton, Bruce ^a   Efford, Murray ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; HOME RANGE; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 23744449506     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR03125     Document Type: Article

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