Landscape analysis of tiger distribution and habitat quality in Nepal

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1338-1346

  David Smith, James L ^a   Ahearn, Sean C ^b   Mcdougal, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Long Term Tiger Monitoring Project   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEPAL;

PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0032443779     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.1998.97068.x     Document Type: Article

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