From the field: Armoring the Camtrakker® camera-trap in a tropical Asian forest

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 349-352

  Grassman Jr , Lon I ^a,b   Tewes, Michael E ^a,b,c   Silvy, Nova J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Feline Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Asiatic elephant; Camera trapping; Camtrakker ; Elephas maximus; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SURVEY;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 22244484111     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[349:FTFATC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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