Using habitat suitability models to sample rare species in high-altitude ecosystems: A case study with Tibetan argali

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2893-2908

  Singh, Navinder J ^a,b   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a   Bhatnagar, Yash Veer ^b   Fox, Joseph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Effort; Sampling bias; Stratified random sampling; Transhimalaya

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION MODELING; RARE SPECIES; RESOURCE SELECTION; SAMPLING; SHEEP; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

OVIS AMMON; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70350618931     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9615-5     Document Type: Article

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