Assessment of large-vertebrate species richness and relative abundance in Neotropical forest using line-transect censuses: What is the minimal effort required?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2627-2644

  De Thoisy, Benoît ^a   Brosse, Sébastien ^b   Dubois, Marc A ^c  

^a Association Kwata Study and Conservation of French Guianan Wildlife   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance; Line transect; Macrofauna; Neotropics; Richness; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LINE TRANSECT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTEBRATE;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; DASYPROCTA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 51649083858     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9337-0     Document Type: Article

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