Quantifying imperfect detection in an invasive pest fish and the implications for conservation management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2177-2181

  Robert Britton, J ^a   Pegg, Josephine ^a   Gozlan, Rodolphe E ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detection threshold; Electric fishing; False negative; Non native species; Probability of detection

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAIT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CYPRINID; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROFISHING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MESOCOSM; PEST SPECIES; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE USE; SAMPLING; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

EUROPE;

PISCES; PSEUDORASBORA PARVA;

EID: 79960903506     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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