How does spatial study design influence density estimates from spatial capture-recapture models?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Sollmann, Rahel ^a   Gardner, Beth ^a   Belant, Jerrold L ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAR; BLACK BEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; SPATIAL CAPTURE RECAPTURE MODEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; SPACE FLIGHT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SPACE SIMULATION; URSIDAE;

EID: 84859957580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034575     Document Type: Article

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