Estimating density and relative abundance of sloth bears

Ursus

Volumn 11, Issue , 1999, Pages 87-98

  Garshelis, David L ^a   Joshi, Anup R ^b   Smith, James L D ^b  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Habitat related effects; Index of abundance; Mark resight; Melursus ursinus; Nepal; Population estimate; Royal chitwan national park; Sloth bear; Termite mounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008410776     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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