Use of remote-trip cameras for wildlife surveys and evaluating the effectiveness of conservation activities at a nature reserve in Sichuan Province, China

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 942-951

  Dajun, Wang ^b   Sheng, Li ^b   McShea, William J ^a   Fu, Li Ming ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Tangjiahe Nature Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

China, mammals; Monitoring; Patrolling; Protected areas management; Remote trip cameras

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONDITION MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LOCATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS;

MAMMALS; PATROLLING; PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT; REMOTE TRIP CAMERAS;

CAMERAS;

MAMMAL; MONITORING; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMALS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; TELEMETRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33751225704     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0302-3     Document Type: Article

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