Optimizing individual identification and survey effort for photographic capture-recapture sampling of species with temporally variable morphological traits

Animal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-183

  Goswami, V R ^a   Lauretta, M V ^b   Madhusudan, M D ^c   Karanth, K U ^d,e  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^d Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

^e Centre for Wildlife Studies   (India)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Automated identity; Detection probability; Morphological features; Population monitoring; Variable traits

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CAPTURE METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DETECTION METHOD; ELEPHANT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84859270146     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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