Evaluation of aerial survey methods for Dall's sheep

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 732-740

  Udevitz, Mark S ^a   Shults, Brad S ^b   Adams, Layne G ^a   Kleckner, Chris ^a,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Western Arctic National Parklands   (United States)

^c Central Middle School of Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Alaska; Dall's sheep; Double observer; Mark recapture; Mark resight; Ovis dalli; Population estimate; Sightability model; Visibility bias

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SHEEP; VISIBILITY;

ALASKA; BAIRD MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS DALLI; OVIS DALLI DALLI;

EID: 33751243035     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[732:EOASMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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