Remote camera-trap methods and analyses reveal impacts of rangeland management on Namibian carnivore communities

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Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-78

  Kauffman, Matthew J ^a,b,f   Sanjayan, M ^c   Lowenstein, Jacob ^b,d,g   Nelson, Adam ^b,d   Jeo, Richard M ^b,c,d   Crooks, Kevin R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Round River Conservation Studies   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND   (Namibia)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance index; Camera trap; Carnivores; Local extinction; Namibia; Rangeland management; Spatial correlation; Visitation rate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; BOOTSTRAPPING; CARNIVORE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LOCAL EXTINCTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGELAND; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33847684320     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605306001414     Document Type: Article

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