Aerial line transect survey to estimate abundance of marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) (Illiger, 1815)

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 807-814

  Andriolo, Artur ^a   Piovezan, Ubiratan ^b   da Costa, Mateus José Rodrigues Paranhos ^c   Laake, Jeff ^d   Duarte, José Maurício Barbanti ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aerial survey; Blastocerus dichotomus; Distance sampling; Marsh deer

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BLASTOCEROS DICHOTOMUS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 40349086488     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 16784324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132005000600017     Document Type: Article

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