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Camera Traps Tracked Mountain Goats Closely Enough to Count
A winter relative-abundance index agreed with direct bezoar-goat estimates in rugged South Caucasus terrain.
Summary
A winter relative-abundance index agreed with direct bezoar-goat estimates in rugged South Caucasus terrain.
Matched camera and field counts from 5-by-5-kilometer cells in 2018, 2019 and 2022 showed a strong positive relationship. The result supports lower-cost winter monitoring in comparable terrain, not an assumption that the index transfers unchanged to every species or season.
Why it matters
A winter relative-abundance index agreed with direct bezoar-goat estimates in rugged South Caucasus terrain.
Limits and context
- The result supports lower-cost winter monitoring in comparable terrain, not an assumption that the index transfers unchanged to every species or season.
Key claims
A winter relative-abundance index agreed with direct bezoar-goat estimates in rugged South Caucasus terrain.
Qualification: The result supports lower-cost winter monitoring in comparable terrain, not an assumption that the index transfers unchanged to every species or season.
Evidence: source-2026-08-04-018
Sources
- Conservation Science and Practice: camera-trap abundance proxy for bezoar goatsWiley · secondary reporting
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