A comparison of some population density sampling techniques for biodiversity, conservation, and environmental impact studies

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2445-2455

  Bakus, Gerald J ^a   Nishiyama, Gregory ^a   Hajdu, Eduardo ^b   Mehta, Hetal ^a   Mohammad, Mahadi ^c   Pinheiro, Ulisses Dos S ^d   Sohn, Stephen A ^a   Pham, Thaddeus K ^a   Yasin, Zulfigar Bin ^c   Shau Hwai, Tan ^c   Karam, Abraham ^e   Hanan, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biodiversity; Community analysis; Conservation; Density; Environmental impacts; Statistical sampling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING;

ASIA; BRAZIL; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447323025     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9141-7     Document Type: Article

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