Assessing the Sumatran tiger Panthera tigris sumatrae population in Batang Gadis National Park, a new protected area in Indonesia

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Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 634-638

  Wibisono, Hariyo T ^a   Figel, Joe J ^b   Arif, Sugesti M ^c   Ario, Anton ^c   Lubis, Abu H ^c  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society Bogor   (Indonesia)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of Fisheries and Environmental Conservation   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Capture recapture; Conservation; Indonesia; Panthera tigris; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

FELID; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRAPPING;

BATANG GADIS NATIONAL PARK; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; NORTH SUMATRA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

GINKGO BILOBA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PANTHERA TIGRIS SUMATRAE;

EID: 74049118368     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003060530999055X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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