Establishing a monitoring baseline for threatened large ungulates in eastern Cambodia

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 406-413

  Gray, Thomas N E ^a   Phan, Channa ^a   Pin, Chanrattana ^a   Prum, Sovanna ^b  

^a House 54   (Cambodia)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

deciduous dipterocarp forest; distance sampling; Indochina; tiger prey species; wild cattle

Indexed keywords

AXIS PORCINUS; BOS; BOS JAVANICUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELDI; CERVUS UNICOLOR; MUNTIACUS; MUNTIACUS MUNTJAK; PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84872164562     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/11-107     Document Type: Article

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