Researchers have strongly favoured the line transect method for estimating elephant population with greater accuracy in order to boost conservation efforts. The study titled 'Reliable monitoring of ...

Line-transect estimation of wildlife populations can be based on either right-angle distances or radial distances. Estimation based on radial distances requires more restrictive assumptions about the ...

The line transect method, introduced a decade ago by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to estimate herbivore population, will be replicated for knowing bird count under Common Bird ...

Pesticides caused high mortality of birds in agro-ecosystems of Argentina's Pampas region during 1995-2003. As part of a program to monitor mortality events, we trained observers in distance sampling ...

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The study advocated using sighting-based line-transect sampling method to estimate reliable numbers of elephants. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint New Delhi: With discredited methods making the counting of ...

The annual animal census at Sanjay Gandhi National Park this year- set to begin from January 27 -promises to be more scientific and intensive as it will use a new technique called the line transect ...

A group of researchers has ascertained that the road transect method is the most effective method to estimate vulture populations in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR), home to the southernmost, viable ...