Brazilian tapir density in the Pantanal: A comparison of systematic camera-trapping and line-transect surveys

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-217

  Trolle, Mogens ^a,e   Noss, Andrew J ^b   Cordeiro, José Luis Passos ^c   Oliveira, Luiz Flamarion B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brazil; Neotropics; Pantanal wetlands; Tapirus terrestris

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUNTING; LINE TRANSECT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAPPING; UNGULATE; VULNERABILITY; WETLAND;

PANTANAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; TAPIRIDAE; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 41549125970     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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