Investigating the feasibility of a passive tracking index for monitoring wildlife in the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 184-188

  Engeman, Richard M ^a   Evangilista, Paul ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Game management; Human wildlife conflict; Population monitoring; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CARNIVORE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; NORTH AMERICA; OMO VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; HYAENA; LEPTAILURUS SERVAL; MAMMALIA; NUMIDIDAE; PAPIO; PRIMATES; TRAGELAPHUS IMBERBIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 34248680201     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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