A preliminary density estimate for Andean bear using camera-trapping methods

Ursus

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 124-128

  Ríos Uzeda, Boris ^a   Gómez, Humberto ^a   Wallace, Robert B ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Bolivia)

^b Wildllfe Conservation Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Andean bear; Bolivia; Camera trapping; Capture recapture; Density; Spectacled bear; Tremarctos ornatus

Indexed keywords

TREMARCTOS ORNATUS;

EID: 34347220883     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2007)18[124:APDEFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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