Kumara, Honnavalli N and Radhakrishna, Sindhu (2013) Evaluation of census techniques to estimate the density of slender Loris (Loris lydekkerianus) in Southern India. In: Current Science, 104 (8). pp. 1083-1086.
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Abstract
Reliable estimates of species density are fundamental to planning conservation strategies for any species; further, it is equally crucial to identify the most appropriate technique to estimate animal density. Nocturnal, small-sized animal species are notoriously difficult to census accurately and this issue critically affects their conservation status, We carried out a field study in southern India to estimate the density of slender loris, a small-sized nocturnal primate using line and strip transects. Actual counts of study individuals yielded a density estimate of 1.61 ha(-1); density estimate from line transects was 1.08 ha(-1); and density estimates varied from 1.06 ha(-1) to 0.59 ha(-1) in different fixed-width strip transects. We conclude that line and strip transects may typically underestimate densities of cryptic, nocturnal primates.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Current Science |
| Publisher: | Indian Academy of Sciences |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences. |
| Keywords: | Density Estimate; Distance Sampling; Loris Lydekkerianus; Nocturnal Primate; Strip Transects |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jun 2013 04:59 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Nov 2018 15:14 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/46728 |
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