Habitat factors affecting site occupancy and relative abundance of four-horned antelope

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-70

  Krishna, Y C ^a,c   Krishnaswamy, J ^b   Kumar, N S ^c  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

Author keywords

Bandipur National Park; Detection probability; Habitat covariates; Remotely sensed covariates

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; PROBABILITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ASIA; BANDIPUR NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA; TETRACERUS QUADRICORNIS;

EID: 50649092065     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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