Assessing variation in wildlife biodiversity in the tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan using ancillary camera-trap photos

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-301

  McCarthy, Jennifer L ^a   McCarthy, Kyle P ^a   Fuller, Todd K ^a   McCarthy, Thomas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PANTHERA   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; Camera trapping; conservation; Kyrgyzstan; mammals; protected areas; Tien Shan Mountains

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORE; FECES; FELID; FIELD SURVEY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOAT; HUNTING; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEASONALITY; SHEEP;

KYRGYZSTAN; TIEN SHAN;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA SIBIRICA; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; OVIS AMMON; PANTHERA; UNCIA UNCIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 77956036271     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-09-00080.1     Document Type: Article

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