The use of camera traps to identify the set of scavengers preying on the carcass of a golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Huang, Zhi Pang ^a,e   Qi, Xiao Guang ^a,d   Garber, Paul A ^d   Jin, Tong ^b   Guo, Song Tao ^a   Li, Sheng ^c   Li, Bao Guo ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLACK BEAR; CAMERA; CAMERA TRAP; CARCASS; CIVET (ANIMAL); CROW; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAPLORHINI; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREY; RHINOPITHECUS ROXELLANA; RODENT; SCAVENGER (ORGANISM); ANIMAL; BEAR; CARNIVORA; CARNIVORY; CLASSIFICATION; COLOBINAE; DEVICES; ECOSYSTEM; MURINAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; CARNIVORY; COLOBINAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MURINAE; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; URSIDAE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84896875866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087318     Document Type: Article

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