Evaluation of four methods used to estimate population density of moose Alces alces

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 358-371

  Rönnegård, Lars ^a,b   Sand, Håkan ^c   Andrén, Henrik ^c   Månsson, Johan ^c   Pehrson, Åke ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerial count; Cohort analysis; Deer; Hunter observations; Management; Monitoring; Pellet group counts

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; CERVIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 54049128917     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2008)14[358:EOFMUT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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