Assessing estimators of snow leopard abundance

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1826-1833

  McCarthy, Kyle P ^a   Fuller, Todd K ^a   Ming, Ma ^b   McCarthy, Thomas M ^c   Waits, Lisette ^d   Jumabaev, Kubanych ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Xinjiang Conservation Fund   (China)

^c Snow Leopard Network   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^e Bashat Community Business Forum   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

Camera; Capture recapture; Density; Index; Predator:prey ratios; Techniques; Tien Shan; Uncia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIOMASS; FELID; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KYRGYZSTAN; TIEN SHAN; WEST ASIA;

CAPRA IBEX; FELIDAE; OVIS AMMON; OVIS ARIES; UNCIA; UNCIA UNCIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 56649109492     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-040     Document Type: Article

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