Estimating animal density using camera traps without the need for individual recognition

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1228-1236

  Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^a   Field, Juliet ^b   Turvey, Samuel T ^a   Carbone, Chris ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Animal movement; Camera traps; Day range; Density estimation; Detection probability; Trapping rate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MODEL TEST; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 46749145712     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01473.x     Document Type: Article

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