Cost comparison of marking techniques in long-term population studies: PIT-tags versus pattern maps

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-315

  Arntzen, J W ^a,b   Goudie, I B J ^c   Halley, J ^d   Jehle, R ^e  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Ctro Investigacao Biodiversidade   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; MARKING METHOD; POPULATION ECOLOGY; TAGGING;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 7244257522     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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