A framework for inference about carnivore density from unstructured spatial sampling of scat using detector dogs

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 863-871

  Thompson, Craig M ^a   Royle, J Andrew ^b   Garner, James D ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; density; fisher; Martes pennanti; scat detector dogs; WinBUGS

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CANID; CARNIVORE; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; MUSTELID; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 84860211906     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.317     Document Type: Article

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