How much is enough? Estimating the minimum sampling required for effective monitoring of African reserves

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2709-2722

  Brashares, Justin S ^a,b   Sam, Moses K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Ghana Wildlife Society   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Locally based monitoring; Population trends; Power analysis; Ranger based monitoring; Sampling effort; Sustainability; Wildlife monitoring

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SUSTAINABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

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

ANIMALIA;

EID: 26844473396     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-8404-z     Document Type: Article

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