An evaluation of field and non-invasive genetic methods to estimate brown bear (Ursus arctos) population size

Biological Conservation

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 158-168

  Solberg, Knut Håkon ^a   Bellemain, Eva ^a,b   Drageset, Ola Mattis ^a   Taberlet, Pierre ^b   Swenson, Jon E ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brown bear (Ursus arctos); Capture mark recapture; MARK estimator; Non invasive sampling; Population size estimates

Indexed keywords

BEAR; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 29244454279     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.09.025     Document Type: Article

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