A preliminary estimate of the Apennine brown bear population size based on hair-snag sampling and multiple data source mark-recapture Huggins models

Ursus

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-121

  Gervasi, Vincenzo ^a   Ciucci, Paolo ^a   Boulanger, John ^b   Posillico, Mario ^c   Sulli, Cinzia ^d   Focardi, Stefano ^e   Randi, Ettore ^e   Boitani, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Integrated Ecological Research   (Canada)

^c Centro Ricerche Ambienti Montani   (Italy)

^d Ente Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo Lazio e Molise   (Italy)

^e Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abruzzo; Brown bear; DNA; Hair sampling; Huggins model; Mark recapture; Population size; Program MARK; Sampling strategies; Ursus arctos marsicanus

Indexed keywords

RHAMNACEAE; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS ALPINA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 58149350020     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/07GR022.1     Document Type: Article

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