Estimating population density from indirect sign: Track counts and the Formozov-Malyshev-Pereleshin formula

Animal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-348

  Stephens, Philip A ^a,e   Zaumyslova, O Yu ^b   Miquelle, D G ^c   Myslenkov, A I ^b   Hayward, G D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Sikhote Alin State Biosphere Zapovednik ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society   (Russian Federation)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal movements; Census techniques; Population size; Sikhote Alin Biosphere Zapovednik; Ungulate population density; Winter transect counts

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BOOTSTRAPPING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PRECISION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRACKING; UNGULATE;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33746303685     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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