Making great leaps forward: Accounting for detectability in herpetological field studies

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 672-689

  Mazerolle, Marc J ^a,b   Bailey, Larissa L ^a   Kendall, William L ^a   Royle, J Andrew ^a   Converse, Sarah J ^a   Nichols, James D ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 37349118341     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/07-061.1     Document Type: Review

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