A new method for estimating visitation rates of cryptic animals via repeated surveys of indirect signs

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 728-735

  Gruber, Bernd ^a   Reineking, Björn ^b   Calabrese, Justin M ^a   Kranz, Andreas ^c   Poledníková, Katerina ^c   Poledník, Luká ^c   Klenke, Reinhard ^a   Valentin, Anett ^a   Henle, Klaus ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Eurasian otter; Lutra lutra; Mammalia: monitoring; Maximum likelihood estimate; Track counts; Visitation probability; Visitation rate

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CRYPSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAMMAL; NEST PREDATION; SIMULATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 40949158520     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01406.x     Document Type: Article

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