Abundance and density estimates for common leopard Panthera pardus and clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa in Manas National Park, Assam, India

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Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 149-155

  Borah, Jimmy ^a,d   Sharma, Tridip ^a,d   Das, Dhritiman ^b   Rabha, Nilmani ^b   Kakati, Niraj ^b   Basumatary, Ajit ^c   Ahmed, M Firoz ^c   Vattakaven, Joseph ^a,d  

^a WWF India   (India)

^b UNESCO World Heritage Project   (India)

^c Aaranyak   (India)

^d not available   (India)

Author keywords

Camera trap; Capture recapture; Manas National Park; Neofelis nebulosa; Panthera pardus; Population; Tiger

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FELID; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MONITORING; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RARE SPECIES; TRAPPING;

ASSAM; INDIA; MANAS NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84890532824     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605312000373     Document Type: Article

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