Monitoring great Ape and elephant abundance at large spatial scales: Measuring effectiveness of a conservation landscape

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Stokes, Emma J ^a   Strindberg, Samantha ^a   Bakabana, Parfait C ^b   Elkan, Paul W ^a   Iyenguet, Fortuné C ^b   Madzoké, Bola ^b   Malanda, Guy Aimé F ^b   Mowawa, Brice S ^c   Moukoumbou, Calixte ^d   Ouakabadio, Franck K ^b   Rainey, Hugo J ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

^c Ministère de l'Economie Forestière   (Congo)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHIMPANZEE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GORILLA; HABITAT; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; LOGGING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; SAMPLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCE; HOMINID; METHODOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGONIDAE; ELEPHANTIDAE; HOMINIDAE; PAN;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ELEPHANTS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD PREFERENCES; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; PAN TROGLODYTES; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77956409379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010294     Document Type: Article

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