Trapping elusive cats: Using intensive camera trapping to estimate the density of a rare african felid

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Brassine, Eléanor ^a   Parker, Daniel ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BOTSWANA; CAT; CHEETAH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; ODOR; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BOTSWANA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HOMING BEHAVIOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84956887763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142508     Document Type: Article

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