Abundance of rare and elusive species: Empirical investigation of closed versus spatially explicit capture-recapture models with lynx as a case study

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 372-378

  Blanc, Laetitia ^a   Marboutin, Eric ^b   Gatti, Sylvain ^b   Gimenez, Olivier ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

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

Author keywords

abundance; camera trapping; capture recapture models; Lynx lynx; relative bias; root mean square error; simulations; spatially explicit

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FELID; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RARITY; WILD POPULATION;

FRANCE;

LYNX; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 84873381152     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.453     Document Type: Article

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