Effectiveness of scat-detection dogs in determining species presence in a tropical savanna landscape;Efectividad de Perros Detectores de Excretas para la Determinación de la Presencia de Especies en un Paisaje de Sabana Tropical

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 154-162

  Vynne, Carly ^a,g   Skalski, John R ^a   Machado, Ricardo B ^b   Groom, Martha J ^a,c   Jácomo, Anah T A ^d   Marinho Filho, Jader ^e   Neto, Mario B Ramos ^b   Pomilla, Cristina ^f   Silveira, Leandro ^d   Smith, Heath ^a   Wasser, Samuel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^d Jaguar Conservation Fund   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^f DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^g Landscape Ecology Lab   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Detection dogs; Detection probability; Noninvasive sampling; Scat; Survey; Wide ranging species

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EXTINCTION RISK; FECAL PELLET; FELID; FIELDWORK; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; NATIONAL PARK; RIPARIAN FOREST; SAVANNA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANIDAE; DOG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PANTHERA; PHYSIOLOGY; PUMA;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CANIDAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DOGS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PANTHERA; PUMA;

BRAZIL; EMAS NATIONAL PARK; GOIAS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; MYRMECOPHAGA; MYRMECOPHAGA TRIDACTYLA; PANTHERA ONCA; PRIODONTES; PRIODONTES MAXIMUS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 78751673213     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01581.x     Document Type: Article

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