Leopard density in post-conflict landscape, Cambodia: Evidence from spatially explicit capture-recapture

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-169

  Gray, Thomas Neill Edward ^a   Prum, Sovanna ^a,b  

^a House 54   (Cambodia)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; camera trap; capture recapture; density estimation; leopard; population recovery

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARNIVORE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HETEROGENEITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; SOFTWARE;

CAMBODIA; MONDULKIRI PROTECTED FOREST;

EID: 84255187386     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.230     Document Type: Article

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