Performance of camera trapping and track counts for surveying large mammals in rainforest remnants

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2815-2829

  Espartosa, Karina Dias ^a   Pinotti, Bruno Trevizan ^a   Pardini, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal signs; Baits; Biodiversity monitoring; Biodiversity surveys; Field protocols; Non invasive techniques; Sampling efficiency; Sampling methods; Scent lures; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LINE TRANSECT; MARSUPIAL; PATCH SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMALIA; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS AURITA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80054024737     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0110-4     Document Type: Article

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