Rigorous gharial population estimation in the Chambal: Implications for conservation and management of a globally threatened crocodilian

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1046-1054

  Nair, Tarun ^a,b   Thorbjarnarson, John B ^c   Aust, Patrick ^d   Krishnaswamy, Jagdish ^a,e  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Centre for Wildlife Studies   (India)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d Madras Crocodile Bank Trust   (India)

^e ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Chambal River; Closed population models; Detection; Gavialis gangeticus; Individual identification; Noninvasive; Photographic capture recapture; Program mark

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROCODILIAN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NATIVE SPECIES; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVEY;

INDIA;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); GAVIALINAE; GAVIALIS GANGETICUS;

EID: 84866549038     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02189.x     Document Type: Article

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