Population indices versus correlated density estimates of black-footed ferret abundance

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 669-676

  Grenier, Martin B ^a   Buskirk, Steven W ^b   Anderson Sprecher, Richard ^b  

^a WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Black footed ferret; Carnivores; Density estimation; Markrecapture; Mustela nigripes; Spotlighting; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CARNIVORE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MUSTELID; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REINTRODUCTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPOTLIGHT SURVEY;

SHIRLEY BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA NIGRIPES;

EID: 77749298553     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-269     Document Type: Article

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