Constant proportionality in the female segment of a Roosevelt elk population

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 773-777

  Weckerly, Floyd W ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus roosevelti; Constant proportionality; Incomplete counts; Population estimation; Roosevelt elk; Sighting probabilities

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MEADOW; POLYGYNY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS ROOSEVELTI;

EID: 53949089943     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-091     Document Type: Article

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