Camera trap study on inventory and daily activity patterns of large mammals in a mixed forest in north-western Turkey

Mammalia

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-48

  Akbaba, Burak ^a   Ayaş, Zafer ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eurasian lynx; European hare; Red deer; Red fox; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; INVENTORY; MAMMAL; MIXED FOREST; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

TURKEY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; URSUS ARCTOS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84859741459     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2011.102     Document Type: Article

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