The importance of selectively logged forests for tiger Panthera tigris conservation: A population density estimate in Peninsular Malaysia

ORYX

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-51

  Rayan, D Mark ^a   Mohamad, Shariff Wan ^a  

^a WWF Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Camera trap; Capture recapture; Forest reserve; Malaysia; Panthera tigris; Selective logging; Tiger

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; MAMMAL; MONTANE FOREST; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PREY CAPTURE; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH WORK; SAMPLING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WILD POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 68349146002     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308001890     Document Type: Article

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