Line transect surveys underdetect terrestrial mammals: Implications for the sustainability of subsistence hunting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Fragoso, Jose M V ^a,g   Levi, Taal ^b   Oliveira, Luiz F B ^c   Luzar, Jeffrey B ^a   Overman, Han ^d   Read, Jane M ^e   Silvius, Kirsten M ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAMMAL; MONITORING; SAMPLING; SPECIES; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; SELECTION BIAS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84963865328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152659     Document Type: Article

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