Can hair traps sample wild boar (Sus scrofa) randomly for the purpose of non-invasive population estimation?

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 583-590

  Ebert, Cornelia ^a,b   Huckschlag, Ditmar ^b   Schulz, Holger K ^c   Hohmann, Ulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Research Institute for Forest Ecology and Forestry Rhineland Palatinate   (Germany)

^c Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Individual heterogeneity; Population estimate; Video control; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 77955058453     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-009-0351-7     Document Type: Article

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