Population size estimation of an Asian elephant population in eastern Cambodia through non-invasive mark-recapture sampling

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 803-810

  Gray, Thomas N E ^a,b   Vidya, T N C ^c   Potdar, Sheetal ^c   Bharti, D K ^c,d   Sovanna, Prum ^a,e  

^a Eastern Plains Landscape Project   (Cambodia)

^b WWF Greater Mekong   (Laos)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^e Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Genetic mark recapture; Noninvasive sampling; Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary; Population estimation

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 84904563641     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-014-0579-y     Document Type: Article

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