Monitoring Svalbard rock ptarmigan: Distance sampling and occupancy modeling

• Published in: The Journal of Wildlife Management
• Main Authors: Pedersen, Åshild Ø., Bårdsen, Bård‐Jørgen, Yoccoz, Nigel G., Lecomte, Nicolas, Fuglei, Eva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: Nature and Landscape Conservation; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Svalbard; Norway; Survey Point; Lagopus muta; Lagopus muta hyperborea; rock ptarmigan; Svalbard Rock Ptarmigan
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.276; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjwmg.276; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/jwmg.276/fullpdf

Abstract The only resident terrestrial herbivorous bird species in high‐Arctic Svalbard, Norway is the endemic Svalbard rock ptarmigan ( Lagopus muta hyperborea ) of which little is known of its population dynamics. We assessed temporal and spatial variability of the pre‐breeding population of Svalb...