Estimating abundance of American black bears using DNA-based capture-mark-recapture models

Ursus

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Robinson, Stacie J ^a,c   Waits, Lisette P ^a   Martin, Ian D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Kenai Fjords National Park   (United States)

^c Northwoods Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Alaska; American black bear; Capture mark recapture; Closed capture models; Continuous occasion models; Kenai fjords national park; Non invasive genetic sampling; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 67650751382     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/08GR022R.1     Document Type: Article

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