The consequences of using indirect signs that decay to determine species' occupancy

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-150

  Rhodes, Jonathan R ^a   Lunney, Daniel ^b,c   Moon, Chris ^b   Matthews, Alison ^b,d   Mcalpine, Clive A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FECAL PELLET; HOME RANGE; MARSUPIAL; RARE SPECIES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL APPLICATION;

PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 79952429236     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.05908.x     Document Type: Article

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