Testing for potential survey bias: The effect of roads, urban areas and nature reserves on a southern African mammal data set

Animal Conservation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-127

  Freitag, S ^a,b   Hobson, C ^c   Biggs, H C ^b   Van Jaarsveld, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^c Autodesk Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0000710498     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943098000067     Document Type: Article

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