Pooling local expert opinions for estimating mammal densities in tropical rainforests

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 193-204

  van der Hoeven, Christiaan A ^a,b   de Boer, Willem F ^b   Prins, Herbert H T ^b  

^a Biodiversity Conserv Mgmt ProjGEF   (Cameroon)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Central African; Hunting; Methodology; Rainforest; Wildlife survey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFOREST;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; ELEPHANT; GORILLA GORILLA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MAMMALIA; SYNCERUS CAFER; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 11344261260     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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