Evaluation of two relative-abundance indices to monitor brushtail possums in New Zealand

Wildlife Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 397-401

  Warburton, Bruce ^a   Barker, Richard ^b   Coleman, Morgan ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING BIAS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ALOPIAS; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 4644310509     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR03018     Document Type: Article

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