Population size and recovery criteria of the threatened Lake Erie watersnake: Integrating multiple methods of population estimation

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 20, 2006, Pages 83-104

  King, Richard B ^a   Queral Regil, Alejandro ^a   Stanford, Kristin M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture rate; Conservation; Density; Islands; Lake Erie; Mark recapture population estimation; Nerodia; Population size; Recovery; Recruitment; Survivorship; Threatened and Endangered species; Watersnake

Indexed keywords

NERODIA; NERODIA SIPEDON INSULARUM; SERPENTES;

EID: 33846253225     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1655/0733-1347(2007)20[83:psarco]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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