Monitoring tigers with confidence

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 342-350

  Linkie, Matthew ^a   Guillera Arroita, Gurutzeta ^b   Smith, Joseph ^c   Rayan, D Mark ^b,d  

^a FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c PANTHERA   (United States)

^d WWF Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Capture; Carnivore; Detection probability; Occupancy; Presence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; TIGER;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIGERS;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 78651302708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2010.00215.x     Document Type: Review

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