Rescaling of aerial survey data with information from small numbers of telemetry tags to estimate the size of a declining harbour seal population

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 135-144

  Lonergan, Mike ^a   Duck, Callan ^a   Moss, Simon ^a   Morris, Chris ^a   Thompson, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal; Ecological status; Harbour seal; Island; Mammals; Monitoring; Survey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL SURVEY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX RATIO; SURVEY; WILD POPULATION;

ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 84872789569     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2277     Document Type: Article

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