The use of camera traps for estimating jaguar Panthera onca abundance and density using capture/recapture analysis

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Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 148-154

  Silver, Scott C ^a,b,g   Ostro, Linde E T ^b,g   Marsh, Laura K ^c   Maffei, Leonardo ^d,h   Noss, Andrew J ^b,d,g   Kelly, Marcella J ^e   Wallace, Robert B ^b,f,g   Gómez, Humberto ^f,h   Ayala, Guido ^f,h  

^a WCS Queens Zoo   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Wildlife Conservation Society Eastern Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WCS Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^g Virginia Tech ^*  (Belize)

^h WCS Bolivia Program   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Belize; Bolivia; Camera traps; Census; Chaco; Panthera onca

Indexed keywords

FELID; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RAINFOREST;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; BOLIVIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; PANTHERA ONCA;

EID: 20844442011     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605304000286     Document Type: Article

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