The use of camera traps for estimating tiger and leopard populations in the high altitude mountains of Bhutan

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 606-613

  Wang, Sonam Wangyel ^a,b   Macdonald, David W ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture   (Bhutan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Capture recapture; Conflicts; Panthera pardus; Panthera tigris

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FELID; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IMAGING METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; BHUTAN; EURASIA; JIGME SINGYE WANGCHUCK NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA;

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 59049087963     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.11.023     Document Type: Article

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