Camera traps in animal ecology and conservation: What's next?

Camera Traps in Animal Ecology: Methods and Analyses

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 253-263

  Nichols, James D ^a   O'Connell, Allan F ^a   Karanth, K Ullas ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (India)

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EID: 84879047496     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-99495-4_14     Document Type: Chapter

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