Subsampling photographic capture-recapture data of tigers (Panthera tigris) to minimize closure violation and improve estimate precision: A case study

Population Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-479

  Harihar, Abishek ^a   Pandav, Bivash ^a,b   Goyal, Surendra Prakash ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b WWF Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Capture probability; Fidelity; Immigration; Pradel model; Trap area; Trap density

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FELID; IMMIGRATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NATIONAL PARK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOGRAPH; POPULATION SIZE; PRECISION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SAMPLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJAJI NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS;

EID: 70349860034     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-009-0138-4     Document Type: Article

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