Effectiveness and cost efficiency of monitoring mountain nyala in Bale Mountains National park, Ethiopia

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-114

  Kinahan, Anouska A ^a   Bunnefeld, Nils ^b  

^a Bale Mountains National Park   (Ethiopia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Census techniques; DISTANCE; Ecological monitoring; Protected areas; Total counts

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABILITY;

BALE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS;

EID: 84892884623     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00438     Document Type: Article

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