Population estimation and monitoring of an endangered lagomorph

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-158

  Schmidt, Jason A ^a,b   McCleery, Robert A ^a,c   Schmidt, Paige M ^a,b   Silvy, Nova J ^a   Lopez, Roel R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

capture recapture; lagomorph; pellet count; population estimation; rabbit density; Sylvilagus palustris hefneri

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLADISTICS; DATABASE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC VARIATION; LAGOMORPH; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MARSH; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBPOPULATION; TRANSLOCATION;

LAGOMORPHA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SYLVILAGUS PALUSTRIS; SYLVILAGUS PALUSTRIS HEFNERI;

EID: 79951926384     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.17     Document Type: Article

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