Multiple data sources improve DNA-based mark recapture population estimates of grizzly bears

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 577-589

  Boulanger, John ^a   Kendall, Katherine C ^b   Stetz, Jeffrey B ^c   Roon, David A ^d   Waits, Lisette P ^d   Paetkau, David ^e  

^a Integrated Ecological Research   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^e WILDLIFE GENETICS INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bear rub trees; DNA; Glacier national park; Grizzly bears; Hair sampling; Mark recapture; Mixture models; Montana; Noninvasive genetic sampling; Population estimation; Program MARK; Ursus arctos; USA

Indexed keywords

BEAR; DNA; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE;

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK [MONTANA]; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; URSUS ARCTOS;

DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEAR; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAIR; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DNA; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HAIR; MONTANA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URSIDAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 42149132327     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1941.1     Document Type: Article

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