| Cherry, Horoldson, Robinson-Cox, Schwartz | Steve, Mark A., James, Charles C. | Estimating total human-caused mortality from reported mortality using data from radio-instrumented grizzly bears. | 2002 | Ursus 13:175-184. |
Excerpts from the Abstract:
“Estimates of reporting rates developed from deaths of radio-instrumented bears from 1983 to 2000 were used to develop beta prior probability distributions that the public will not report a death.”
“Results from this method can be combined with agency removals and deaths of collared bears to produce defensible estimates of total mortality over relevant periods and to incorporate uncertainty when evaluating mortality limits established for the Yellowstone grizzly bear population.”