Capture-recapture population growth rate as a robust tool against detection heterogeneity for population management

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2898-2907

  Marescot, Lucile ^a   Pradel, Roger ^a   Duchamp, Christophe ^b   Cubaynes, Sarah ^a   Marboutin, Eric ^b   Choquet, Rémi ^a   Miquel, Christian ^c   Gimenez, Olivier ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Capture recapture; DNA microsatellites; France; Genetic testing; IDH; Individual detection heterogeneity; Mixture models; Noninvasive methods; Population growth rate; Robustness; Wolf

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANID; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DECISION MAKING; DETECTION METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION GROWTH; SAMPLING; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TERRITORIALITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

FRANCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 84555208229     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-2321.1     Document Type: Article

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