Density estimation in tiger populations: Combining information for strong inference

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1741-1751

  Gopalaswamy, Arjun M ^a,b,c   Royle, J Andrew ^d   Delampady, Mohan ^e   Nichols, James D ^d   Karanth, K Ullas ^b,c,f   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Wildlife Studies   (India)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^f WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apex predator; Bayesian inference; Carnivore monitoring; Felid conservation; India; Keystone; Low density; Panthera tigris; Population estimation; Spatial capture recapture; Stepwise updating; Umbrella species; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DATA SET; FELID; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; RARE SPECIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INDIA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TIGER;

ANIMALS; INDIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; TIGERS;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 84864271258     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-2110.1     Document Type: Article

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