Efficiency of strip- and line-transect surveys of African savanna mammals

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-160

  Ogutu, J O ^a,c   Bhola, N ^b   Piepho, H P ^c   Reid, R ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

African mammals; Cluster sampling; Distance sampling; Efficiency

Indexed keywords

LINE TRANSECT; MAMMAL; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION SIZE; SAVANNA;

AFRICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646874337     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00055.x     Document Type: Review

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