Population estimation techniques for lekking species

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1607-1613

  Walsh, Daniel P ^a,c   Stiver, Julie R ^b,c   White, Gary C ^a   Remington, Thomas E ^c   Apa, Anthony D ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowden's estimator; grouse; lekking species; markresight; mixed logit normal markresight model; population estimation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GAMEBIRD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AVES; CENTROCERCUS MINIMUS; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 77956194989     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-353     Document Type: Article

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