Conservation status of tigers in a primary rainforest of Peninsular Malaysia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-344

  Kawanishi, Kae ^a,b   Sunquist, Melvin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Malaysia ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Malaysia; Mark recapture models; Population estimation; Tigers

Indexed keywords

CANID; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RAINFOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAMAN NEGARA NATIONAL PARK; WEST MALAYSIA;

FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUNTIACUS MUNTJAK; PANTHERA TIGRIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 4143133446     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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