Estimation of swift fox population size and occupancy rates in Eastern Colorado

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 861-873

  Finley, Darby J ^a   White, Gary C ^b   Fitzgerald, James P ^c  

^a Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Detection probability; Mark recapture; Monitoring; Occupancy estimation; Presence absence; Program MARK; Site occupancy; Swift fox; Vulpes velox

Indexed keywords

CANID; HABITAT USE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE;

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

CANIDAE; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 27944499348     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0861:EOSFPS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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