Incentives for Biological Conservation: Costa Rica's Private Wildlife Refuge Program
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A census of mammal populations in Punta Leona Private Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica.
Population sizes of six mammal species were estimated using the King method during the late dry season (March) of 1996 in the Punta Leona Private Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica. The white-faced monkey (Cebus capucinus), coati (Nasua narica) and nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) with 148, 46, and 8 sighted individuals, respectively, demonstrated the largest populations in the refuge. The...
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عنوان ژورنال: Conservation Biology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0888-8892,1523-1739
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2000.99049.x