Wildlife survival estimation: Recent advances and future directions

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1499-1503

  Murray, Dennis L ^a   Patterson, Brent R ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Capture recapture; Mammals; Population parameters; Radiotelemetry; Survival estimation

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846794871     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1499:WSERAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Editorial

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