Argali abundance in the Afghan pamir using capturerecapture modeling from fecal DNA

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 668-677

  Harris, Richard B ^a   Winnie Jr , John ^a,d   Amish, Stephen J ^a   Beja Pereira, Albano ^b   Godinho, Raquel ^b   Costa, Vânia ^c   Luikart, Gordon ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimate; Afghanistan; Argali; Fecal samples; Markrecapture; Noninvasive sampling; Ovis ammon

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DNA; FECAL PELLET; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING; SHEEP; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFGHANISTAN; PAMIRS;

OVIS AMMON; OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA;

EID: 77951795971     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-292     Document Type: Article

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