Effects of trapping effort and trap shyness on estimates of tiger abundance from camera trap studies

Animal Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-256

  Wegge, Per ^a   Pokheral, Chiranjibi Pd ^b   Jnawali, Shant Raj ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FELID; MONITORING; TRAPPING;

ASIA; BHERI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NEPAL; ROYAL BARDIA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 14044254643     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943004001441     Document Type: Article

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