Estimating abundance with sparse data: Tigers in northern Myanmar

Population Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-121

  Lynam, Antony J ^a   Rabinowitz, Alan ^b   Myint, Than ^c   Maung, Myint ^d   Latt, Kyaw T ^c   Po, Saw Htoo T ^c  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b PANTHERA   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Myanmar)

^d Ministry of Forestry   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Camera traps; Capture recapture; Myanmar; Population density; Tigers

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FELID; HUNTING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NATIONAL STRATEGY; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VALLEY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HUKAUNG VALLEY; KACHIN; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 58149201290     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-008-0093-5     Document Type: Article

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