Gauging the impact of management expertise on the distribution of large mammals across protected areas

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1166-1176

  Li, Sheng ^a,b   Mcshea, William J ^a   Wang, Dajun ^b   Lu, Zhi ^b,c   Gu, Xiaodong ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shan Shui Conservation Center   (China)

^d Sichuan Forestry Department   (China)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Large mammals; Management effectiveness; Occupancy modelling; Protected area network

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; FELID; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POACHING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; BUDORCAS TAXICOLOR; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIONAILURUS BENGALENSIS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 84868531431     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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