Distribution of a Community of Mammals in Relation to Roads and Other Human Disturbances in Gabon, Central Africa

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 281-291

  Vanthomme, Hadrien ^a   Kolowski, Joseph ^a   Korte, Lisa ^a   Alonso, Alfonso ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance index; Camera trapping; Generalized models; Hunting; Mosaic landscape; Oil extraction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LINE TRANSECT; MAMMAL; ROADKILL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GABON; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GABON; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; TRANSPORTATION;

GABON;

BUBALUS; CANIS ADUSTUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ELEPHANTIDAE; GORILLA GORILLA; HAPLORHINI; LOXODONTA CYCLOTIS; MAMMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; POTAMOCHOERUS PORCUS; RODENTIA; SUIDAE; SYNCERUS CAFFER; TRAGELAPHUS SPEKII; UNGULATA;

EID: 84875526116     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12017     Document Type: Article

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