Estimation of wolf population density using spatial capture-recapture: refining methods for monitoring cryptic species

• Main Authors: Roffler, Gretchen H, Waite, Jason N, Flynn, Rodney W, Larson, Kristian R
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: PeerJ 2016
• Subjects: Prince of Wales Island; Canis lupus; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1946v1; https://peerj.com/preprints/1946v1.pdf; https://peerj.com/preprints/1946v1.xml; https://peerj.com/preprints/1946v1.html

Wolves ( Canis lupus ) in Southeast Alaska have been proposed for listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act first in 1993, and more recently in 2011. Reports of declining wolf populations sparked concern, in addition to high rates of logging and broad-scale succession patterns predicted to negat...