Can ground counts reliably monitor ibex Capra ibex populations?

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 489-499

  Largo, Emilie ^a,b   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^b   Toïgo, Carole ^c   Bassano, Bruno ^d   Cortot, Hervé ^e   Farny, Gilles ^e   Lequette, Benoît ^f   Gauthier, Dominique ^g   Martinot, Jean Pierre ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^d Parc National du Grand Paradis   (Italy)

^e Parcr National des Ecrins   (France)

^f Pare National du Mercantour   (France)

^g Parc National de la Vanoise   (France)

Author keywords

Capra ibex; Capture mark recapture; Census; Demography; Density estimate; Ibex; Monitoring; Population growth; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA IBEX; UNGULATA;

EID: 59449096230     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396-14.4.489     Document Type: Article

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