Accuracy and reliability of dogs in surveying for desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1926-1935

  Cablk, Mary E ^a   Heaton, Jill S ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Desert tortoise; Detection dogs; Endangered species; Environmental monitoring; Gopherus agassizii; Mojave desert; Southwestern United States; Survey methodology; Wildlife biology

Indexed keywords

CANID; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT LOSS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DOG; ECOSYSTEM; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOGS; ECOSYSTEM; ODORS; POPULATION DENSITY; TURTLES;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 33749568738     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1926:AARODI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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