Testing reliability of body size measurements using hind foot length in roe deer

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1382-1386

  Garel, Mathieu ^a   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^b   Chevrier, Thierry ^a   Michallet, Jacques ^a   Delorme, Daniel ^a   Van Laere, Guy ^a  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; hind foot length; intra class correlation; observer reliability; repeatability; reproducibility

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; DEER; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 77955079800     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-264     Document Type: Article

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