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3 summaries matching “snow leopard” in Camera-Trap Methods
Estimating snow leopard population abundance using photography and capture-recapture techniques
PaperJackson and colleagues adapted photographic capture-recapture to snow leopards, whose distinctive rosette and spot patterns allow individual identification. Working in the rugged high mountains of Cen…
Rodney M. Jackson, John D. Roe, Rinchen Wangchuk, Don O. Hunter · Wildlife Society Bulletin · 2006
Research overview: bait, lure, and scent-station use at camera stations
OverviewResearchers sometimes attract animals to cameras using food bait, scent lures, visual attractants, or scratching posts to increase detection rates and obtain better-posed, identifiable images. This ov…
Research overview: snow leopard population monitoring across Central Asia
OverviewSnow leopards inhabit some of the most remote, rugged, high-altitude terrain on Earth, making camera trapping one of the few feasible ways to estimate their numbers. This overview surveys the methods…