Density estimation of Asian bears using photographic capture-recapture sampling based on chest marks

Ursus

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-133

  Ngoprasert, Dusit ^a   Reed, David H ^b   Steinmetz, Robert ^c   Gale, George A ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c WWF Thailand   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asiatic black bear; camera trapping; density estimation; Helarctos malayanus; Khao Yai National Park; spatially explicit capture recapture; sun bear; Thailand; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

HELARCTOS MALAYANUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 84872718858     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/URSUS-D-11-00009.1     Document Type: Article

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