Estimating the population density of Mongolian gazelles Procapra gutturosa by driving long-distance transects

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Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-169

  Olson, Kirk A ^a,b   Fuller, Todd K ^a   Schaller, George B ^b   Odonkhuu, Daria ^c   Murray, Martyn G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^d Institute of Cell   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density; Distance sampling; Estimate; Gazelles; Line transects; Mongolia; Population; Procapra gutturosa

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSECT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

GAZELLA; PROCAPRA GUTTUROSA;

EID: 33646493781     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605305000402     Document Type: Article

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