Validating mammal monitoring methods and assessing the performance of volunteers in wildlife conservation - "Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodies?"

Biological Conservation

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-197

  Newman, Chris ^a   Buesching, Christina D ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Earthwatch; Monitoring; Validation; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; MAMMAL; MONITORING; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ENGLAND (OXFORDSHIRE); UNITED KINGDOM; WYTHAM WOODS;

CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 0038208295     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00374-9     Document Type: Article

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