A sightability model for mountain goats

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 468-478

  Rice, Clifford G ^a   Jenkins, Kurt J ^b   Chang, Wan Ying ^a  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Census; Mountain goats; Oreamnos americanus; Sightability; Survey effort

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BIOTELEMETRY; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GOAT; GPS; GROUP SIZE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CASCADE RANGE; COAST RANGES; OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OREAMNOS; OREAMNOS AMERICANUS;

EID: 77749327393     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-196     Document Type: Article

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