Survey method choice for wildlife management: The case of moose Alces alces in Sweden

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-190

  Månsson, Johan ^a   Hauser, Cindy E ^b,c   Andrén, Henrik ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

aerial counts; Bayesian updating; direct observations; pellet group counts; simulation; surveys; trade off; ungulate

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; UNGULATA;

EID: 79960795994     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/10-052     Document Type: Review

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