Factors conditioning the camera-trapping efficiency for the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 633-640

  Guil, Francisco ^a,b   Agudín, Sandra ^a   El Khadir, Nuria ^a   Fernandez Olalla, Mariana ^d   Figueredo, Juan ^a   Domínguez, Francisco G ^c   Garzon, Paloma ^b,c   Gonzalez, Gregorio ^a   Muñoz Igualada, Jaime ^a   Oria, Javier ^a   Silvestre, Fernando ^a  

^a TRAGSA   (Spain)

^b Monk Seal Conservation Program   (Spain)

^c Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^d Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Carnivores; Lynx pardinus; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS;

EID: 77955049086     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-009-0353-5     Document Type: Article

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