Testing the effectiveness of capture mark recapture population estimation techniques using a computer simulation with known population size

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3291-3294

  Rees, Samuel G ^a   Goodenough, Anne E ^a   Hart, Adam G ^a   Stafford, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capture Mark Recapture; Population; Simulation; Small mammal

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; CAPTURE-MARK-RECAPTURE; COMPLETE CONTROL; CONFIDENCE LIMIT; ESTIMATION METHODS; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; POPULATION; POPULATION ESTIMATE; POPULATION SIZE ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZES; SIMULATION; SMALL MAMMALS; STANDARD METHOD;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ESTIMATION; MAMMALS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SAMPLING; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAPPING;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051937825     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.05.030     Document Type: Article

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