Brown hyaenas on roads: Estimating carnivore occupancy and abundance using spatially auto-correlated sign survey replicates

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1799-1807

  Thorn, Michelle ^a,b   Green, Matthew ^b   Bateman, Philip W ^b   Waite, Stephen ^c   Scott, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Detection probability; Hyaena brunnea; Interview; South Africa; Wildlife monitoring

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DETECTION METHOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; METAPOPULATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

PARAHYAENA BRUNNEA;

EID: 79957664483     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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