Application of multidimensional change-in-ratio methods using program USER

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 433-439

  Skalski, John R ^a,c,d   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences   (United States)

^d Center for Quantitative Science in Forestry Fisheries and Wildlife   (United States)

^e School of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Change in ratio; Population analysis; Program USER; Software

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33745590680     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[433:AOMCMU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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