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| Abundance estimation of snow leopards in eastern Afghanistan | |
| 2016 Full Book | |
The secretive nature of snow leopards makes estimating populations of this endangered species a challenging task. This paper analyzes the use of camera trap data collected from the Wakhan corridor in Afghanistan to make an approximation of the snow leopard population in that region. Estimation was done through capture-recapture models assessing heterogeneity, behavior, and temporal variation. Results show it is improbable that the study area population is much larger than the 36 snow leopards that were photographed. |
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