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| Karanth, K.U.; Nichols, J.D.; Kumar, N.S. | |
| Photographic sampling of elusive mammals in tropical forests | |
| 2004 Book Chapter | |
Tropical forests harbor much of the planet's terrestrial biodiversity, including many threatened mammal species. However, many tropical forest mammals naturally occur at low densities because of traits such as large body size, specialized diets, or spatially dispersed social structures. Among theses, rodents and carnivores tend to be especially elusive because of their nocturnal and secretive behaviours. Many tropical mammals have now become even more rare and elusive due to excessive hunting and other anthropogenic pressures. Therefore, understanding the ecology of elusive tropical mammals and monitoring their populations are critical conservation needs. In addressing these challenges, biologists have only recently started to employ modern animal population sampling methods |
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