Monitoring large herbivore diversity at different scales: Comparing direct and indirect methods

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1219-1231

  Cromsigt, Joris P G M ^a,b   Van Rensburg, Susan J ^c   Etienne, Rampal S ^a   Olff, Han ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Direct observational counts; Dung counts; Ecological monitoring; Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park; Mammal diversity estimates; Savanna ungulates; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HERBIVORE; POPULATION SIZE; PROTECTED AREA; SAVANNA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNGULATE;

AFRICA; HLUHLUWE-UMFOLOZI PARK; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 67349274313     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9506-1     Document Type: Article

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