Beyond pandas, the need for a standardized monitoring protocol for large mammals in Chinese nature reserves

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3195-3206

  Li, Sheng ^a,c   Wang, Dajun ^a   Gu, Xiaodong ^b   McShea, William J ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wildlife Conservation Division   (China)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; China; Giant panda; Large mammals; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BEAR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; INVESTMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATURE RESERVE; STANDARDIZATION; TRAPPING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80655125668     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9886-x     Document Type: Article

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