Spoor counts as indices of large carnivore populations: The relationship between spoor frequency, sampling effort and true density

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 378-385

  Stander, P E ^a,b  

^a Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leopard; Lion; Population estimate; Wild dog

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; ESTIMATION METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY;

NAMIBIA;

CARNIVORA;

EID: 0031669470     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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