Line-transects: Sampling application to a French Guianan rainforest running head: Line-transects sampling in French Guiana

Mammalia

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-112

  De Thoisy, B ^a  

^a Assoc Kwata Stud Conserv Fr G   (France)

Author keywords

French Guiana; Game species; Hunting impact; Line transect; Sampling

Indexed keywords

LINE TRANSECT; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING;

FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 0033940627     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2000.64.1.101     Document Type: Article

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