Estimation of tiger densities in India using photographic captures and recaptures

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2852-2862

  Karanth, K Ullas ^a,c   Nichols, James D ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Camera traps, capture recapture models, density estimation; Felids; India, leopards, Panthera tigris; Tigers

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; POPULATION DENSITY;

INDIA;

PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0032406368     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2852:EOTDII]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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