Determining Occurrence Dynamics when False Positives Occur: Estimating the Range Dynamics of Wolves from Public Survey Data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Miller, David A W ^a,b   Nichols, James D ^a   Gude, Justin A ^c   Rich, Lindsey N ^d   Podruzny, Kevin M ^c   Hines, James E ^a   Mitchell, Michael S ^d  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; WOLF; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; MONTANA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOSYSTEM; MONTANA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WOLVES;

EID: 84879227806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065808     Document Type: Article

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