Ecologist Tony Lynam said the diversity of wildlife captured in the photos suggests that a healthy ecosystem survived Cambodia's civil war. But the principal quarry of the study, the endangered tiger, was not recorded.
Tigers are on the decline throughout Southeast Asia.
As few as 1,000 of the big cats remain in the wild. The plight of the tiger has made the poster species of Lynam's work. His focus is to determine where the tiger is thriving and single out those areas for intensive protection. They are colorful. They are fierce.