Addressing challenges in non invasive capture-recapture based estimates of small populations: A pilot study on the Apennine brown bear

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2299-2310

  Gervasi, V ^a   Ciucci, P ^a   Davoli, F ^b   Boulanger, J ^c   Boitani, L ^a   Randi, E ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^c Integrated Ecological Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apennine brown bear; Capture mark recapture; DNA sampling; Genotyping error; Occupancy models; Pilot study

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BEAR; CONSERVATION GENETICS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; GENETIC VARIATION; HAIR; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; META-ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; RARE SPECIES; SAMPLING; TRAPPING;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 78049408954     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0115-7     Document Type: Article

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