Assessing the performance of index calibration survey methods to monitor populations of wide‐ranging low‐density carnivores

Assessing the performance of index calibration survey methods to monitor populations of wide‐ranging low‐density carnivores

Abstract Apex carnivores are wide‐ranging, low‐density, hard to detect, and declining throughout most of their range, making population monitoring both critical and challenging. Rapid and inexpensive index calibration survey (ICS) methods have been developed to monitor large African carnivores. ICS...

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Main Authors: Egil Dröge, Scott Creel, Matthew S. Becker, Andrew J. Loveridge, Lara L. Sousa, David W. Macdonald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-04-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
carnivores
IUCN criteria
lion
Panthera leo
population monitoring
spoor counts
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6065

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