Estimating site occupancy and detection probability parameters for meso- and large mammals in a coastal ecosystem

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1625-1633

  O'Connell Jr , Allan F ^a   Talancy, Neil W ^b,e   Bailey, Larissa L ^c   Sauer, John R ^a   Cook, Robert ^b   Gilbert, Andrew T ^d  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Cape Cod National Seashore   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape Cod; Detection probability; Mammals; Monitoring; Multispecies; Nondetection; Presence absence; Site occupancy

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONE; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAMMAL; MONITORING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SEASONALITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VEGETATION;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33845918165     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1625:ESOADP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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