Opportunistic use of camera traps to assess habitat-specific mammal and bird diversity in northcentral Namibia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3579-3587

  Stein, Andrew B ^a   Fuller, Todd K ^a   Marker, Laurie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Farmland; Namibia; Relative abundance; Wildlife survey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; OTJOZONDJUPA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WATERBERG PLATEAU PARK;

AVES; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 56549108451     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9442-0     Document Type: Article

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