Sett density as an estimator of population density in the European badger Meles meles

Mammal Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-84

  Lara Romero, Carlos ^a   Virgós, Emilio ^a   Revilla, Eloy ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance; Density estimate; Human wildlife interactions; Large scale surveys; Wildlife research

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 83155161188     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00194.x     Document Type: Review

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