A comparison of noninvasive techniques to survey carnivore communities in Northeastern North America

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1142-1151

  Gompper, Matthew E ^a   Kays, Roland W ^b   Ray, Justina C ^c   Lapoint, Scott D ^d   Bogan, Daniel A ^e   Cryan, Jason R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society Canada   (Canada)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Camera traps; Carnivores; Fecal DNA; Latency to detection; New York; Noninvasive survey; Probability of detection; Snowtracking; Track plates

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DETECTION METHOD; SURVEY; TRACKING;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; FELIS CATUS; MARTES; MARTES PENNANTI; MUSTELA; MUSTELINAE; PROCYON LOTOR; URSUS AMERICANUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33845932641     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[1142:ACONTT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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