Comparison of aerial counts with ground counts for large African herbivores

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 841-852

  Jachmann, H ^a,b  

^a Environmental Council of Zambia   (Zambia)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerial; Africa; Bias; Counts; Line transect; Population density; Sampling; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL SURVEY; HERBIVORE; LINE TRANSECT; POPULATION ESTIMATION; UNGULATE;

ZAMBIA;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; CONNOCHAETES; ELEPHANT; EQUUS; EQUUS BURCHELLII; KOBUS; KOBUS LECHE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036785104     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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