Selection of line-transect methods for estimating the density of group-living animals: Lessons from the primates

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 452-462

  Marshall, Andrew R ^a   Lovett, Jon C ^a   White, Piran C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Census; Detectability; Distance sampling; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; REVIEW; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATES; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 52449127125     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20516     Document Type: Review

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