Human-sloth-bear conflicts in Madhya Pradesh, India

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 393-399

  Rajpurohit, Kishan Singh ^a,c   Krausman, Paul R ^b  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Animal behavior; Forest; India; Melursus ursinus; Sloth bear; Wildlife conflict; Wildlife damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033937354     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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