Risky business or simple solution - Relative abundance indices from camera-trapping

Biological Conservation

Volumn 159, Issue , 2013, Pages 405-412

  Sollmann, Rahel ^a   Mohamed, Azlan ^b,c   Samejima, Hiromitsu ^d   Wilting, Andreas ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WWF Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density estimation; Detection bias; Individual identification; Medium to large sized mammals; Population monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; HOME RANGE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MONITORING; PHOTOGRAPH; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; NEOFELIS; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA; PARADOXURUS HERMAPHRODITUS; PRIONAILURUS BENGALENSIS; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 84872824653     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.12.025     Document Type: Article

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