Using auxiliary telemetry information to estimate animal density from capture-recapture data

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 809-816

  Ivan, Jacob S ^a,c   White, Gary C ^a   Shenk, Tanya M ^b,d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^c Colorado Parks and Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Geographic closure; Mark recapture; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CAPTURE METHOD; ECOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANDSCAPE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; TELEMETRY; TRAPPING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876754730     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0101.1     Document Type: Article

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