An evaluation of field techniques for monitoring terrestrial mammal populations in Amazonia

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-408

  Munari, Daniel Pereira ^a   Keller, Claudia ^a   Venticinque, Eduardo Martins ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diurnal census; Line transect census; Mammals; Nocturnal census; Tracks; Uacari SDR

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CENSUS; DATA ACQUISITION; DISTURBANCE; FIELDWORK; GUIDELINE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LINE TRANSECT; MAMMAL; MONITORING SYSTEM; RARE SPECIES; SAMPLING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAPPING;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

AGOUTI; ARMADILLO; DASYPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 79956357495     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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