How many tigers Panthera tigris are there in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand? An estimate using photographic capture-recapture sampling

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Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 447-453

  Simcharoen, Saksit ^a   Pattanavibool, Anak ^b   Karanth, K Ullas ^c   Nichols, James D ^d   Kumar, N Samba ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Thailand)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Camera traps; Capture recapture models; Panthera tigris; Population estimation; Thailand; Tiger

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FELID; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PROTECTED AREA; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; HUAI KHA KHAENG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 36749051734     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307414107     Document Type: Article

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