Overestimation bias in estimate of black-tailed prairie dog abundance in Colorado

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1444-1451

  Miller, Sterling D ^a,d   Reading, Richard P ^b,e   Haskins, Bill ^c   Stern, David ^b,e  

^a National Wildlife Federation   (United States)

^b DENVER ZOO   (United States)

^c Big Sky Conservation Institute   (United States)

^d Alaska Chapter of the Wildlife Society   (United States)

^e Denver Zoological Foundation's Department of Conservation Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial surveys; Bias; Black tailed prairie dogs; Colorado; Cynomys ludovicianus; Population estimation

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; COLONY; ERROR ANALYSIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PRAIRIE;

COLORADO; KIOWA COUNTY [COLORADO]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 33646113139     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[1444:OBIEOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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