Camera trapping photographic rate as an index of density in forest ungulates

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1011-1017

  Rovero, Francesco ^a,b   Marshall, Andrew R ^c,d  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b C/o Udzungwa Mountains National Park ^*  (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d Flamingo Land Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Camera traps; Density estimation; Duikers; Eastern Arc; Index surveys; Trap rate; Udzungwa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DIVERSITY INDEX; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; STANDARDIZATION; UNGULATE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPHUS HARVEYI; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 70349661850     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01705.x     Document Type: Article

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