Assessment of livestock grazing pressure in and around the elephant corridors in Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, south India

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2181-2195

  Shekhar Silori, Chandra ^a,b   Kumar Mishra, Bidyut ^a,b  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology   (India)

Author keywords

Elephant conservation; Fodder supply and demand; Forest corridors; Forest regeneration; Livestock grazing; Mudumalai WLS

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FODDER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT CORRIDOR; LIVESTOCK;

INDIA;

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CASIA; CASIA OCCIDENTALIS; CASIA TORA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; LANTANA CAMARA; MAMMALIA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA STRICTA DILLENII;

EID: 0035682629     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013285910650     Document Type: Article

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