Science deficiency in conservation practice: The monitoring of tiger populations in India

Animal Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-146

  Karanth, K Ullas ^a,b   Nichols, James D ^c   Seidensticker, John ^d   Dinerstein, Eric ^e   Smith, James L David ^f   McDougal, Charles ^g   Johnsingh, A J T ^h   Chundawat, Raghunandan S ^h   Thapar, Valmik ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Patuxent Wilflife Research Center ^*  (India)

^c Patuxent Wilflife Research Center   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g Tiger Tops   (Nepal)

^h WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 2942537054     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943003003184     Document Type: Article

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