Capture-mark-recapture modelling suggests an Endangered status for the Mayotte Island (Eastern Africa) population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-33

  Pusineri, Claire ^a   Barbraud, Christophe ^b   Kiszka, Jeremy ^c,d   Caceres, Sarah ^a   Mougnot, Justine ^a   Daudin, Gabriel ^a   Ridoux, Vincent ^c  

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

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Birth rate; Close population models; Cormack Jolly Seber; IUCN classification; Photo identification; Population growth rate; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRTH RATE; CONSERVATION STATUS; DOLPHIN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; RED LIST; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA; MAYOTTE;

TURSIOPS;

EID: 84897377921     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00555     Document Type: Article

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