Evaluation of feral pig control in Hawaiian protected areas using Bayesian catch-effort models

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-188

  Barron, Mandy C ^a   Anderson, Dean P ^a   Parkes, John P ^a   Gon, Samuel M 'Ohukani'ohia III ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catch per unit effort; Detection; Monitoring; Pest control

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANID; CAPTURE METHOD; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FERAL ORGANISM; IMMIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEST CONTROL; PIG;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; SUIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 79957686077     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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