A field test of two methods for density estimation

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 731-738

  Efford, Murray G ^a   Warburton, Bruce ^b   Coleman, Morgan C ^b   Barker, Richard J ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Capture recapture; Density estimation; Inverse prediction; Trapping web; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MAMMAL; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; WILD POPULATION;

PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 27144438363     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[731:AFTOTM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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