Comparison of density estimation methods for mammal populations with camera traps in the Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco landscape

Animal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 527-535

  Noss, A J ^a   Gardner, B ^b   Maffei, L ^c   Cuellar E ^d   Montano R ^e   Romero Munoz A ^f   Sollman, R ^b   O'Connell, A F ^g  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society ^*  (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Wildlife Conservation Society Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^f Sucre   (Bolivia)

^g PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Leopardus; Panthera; Puma; SPACECAP; Spatial Capture Recapture (SCR); Tapirus

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FELID; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING; SOFTWARE;

BOLIVIA; KAA-IYA DEL GRAN CHACO NATIONAL PARK; SANTA CRUZ [BOLIVIA];

ANIMALIA; LEOPARDUS; LEOPARDUS PARDALIS; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA; TAPIRUS; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84867099194     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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