Evaluation of line transect sampling for density estimates of chiru Pantholops hodgsoni in the Aru Basin, Tibet

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-100

  Bårdsen, Bård Jørgen ^a,b   Fox, Joseph Larkin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aru Basin; Chang Tang Nature Reserve; Chiru; Density estimation; Distance sampling; Line transect sampling; Pantholops hodgsoni

Indexed keywords

PANTHOLOPS HODGSONII;

EID: 33645576658     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2006)12[89:EOLTSF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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