Pitfalls in using counts of roaring stags to index red deer (Cervus elaphus) population size

Wildlife Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-133

  Ciucci, Paolo ^a   Catullo, Gianluca ^a   Boitani, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEER; ERROR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RUTTING;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 60749091819     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07121     Document Type: Article

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