Detecting mammals in heterogeneous landscapes: Implications for biodiversity monitoring and management

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 343-355

  Swan, Matthew ^a   Di Stefano, Julian ^a   Christie, Fiona ^a   Steel, Erin ^a   York, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Elliott trapping; Ground dwelling mammals; Mammal detection; Monitoring; Trapping methods

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION TYPE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84892553542     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0604-3     Document Type: Article

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