Dynamic multistate site occupancy models to evaluate hypotheses relevant to conservation of Golden Eagles in Denali National Park, Alaska

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2726-2731

  Martin, Julien ^a,b   McIntyre, Carol L ^c   Hines, James E ^b   Nichols, James D ^b   Schmutz, Joel A ^d   MacCluskie, Maggie C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection probabilities; Human disturbance; Snowshoe hare

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEST SITE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALASKA; DENALI NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; LEPUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 69249221223     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.06.027     Document Type: Article

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