Estimating population parameters in a threatened arctic fox population using molecular tracking and traditional field methods

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-338

  Meijer, T ^a   Norén, Karin ^a   Hellstrom P ^b   Dalen L ^b   Angerbjorn A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Conservation; Management; Mark recapture; Molecular tracking; Rarefaction; Survival

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; RARE SPECIES; TRACKING;

BALTIC SHIELD; EURASIA;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS;

EID: 48749110722     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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