Indigenous knowledge of Lepcha community for monitoring and conservation of birds
The non-professional volunteers are commonly used in biodiversity assessment due to lack of experts. The bird identification skills of indigenous Lepcha community have been recognized and the accuracy of data generated by them has been assesed. Bird sampling was done using point count method along the transects in three locations in Dzongu, North Sikkim.
Publication Date:
01/01/2009
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