Monitoring in the presence of species misidentification: The case of the Eurasian lynx in the Alps

Animal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 266-273

  Molinari Jobin, A ^a   Kery M ^b   Marboutin, E ^c   Molinari, P ^d   Koren, I ^e   Fuxjager C ^f   Breitenmoser Wursten C ^a   Wolfl S ^g   Fasel, M ^h   Kos, I ⁱ   Wolfl M ^j   Breitenmoser, U ^k  

^a KORA   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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

^d Italian Lynx Project   (Italy)

^e Slovenia Forest Service   (Slovenia)

^f Nationalpark Oberoesterreichische Kalkalpen ^*  (Austria)

^g Lynx Project Bavaria   (Germany)

^h Dept Nature and Landscape   (Liechtenstein)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^j Bavarian Agency of Environment   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

False negative errors; False positive errors; Lynx lynx; Monitoring; Site occupancy model; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FELID; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; METHODOLOGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES INVENTORY;

ALPS;

ANIMALIA; LYNX; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 84862265770     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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