Patterns in abundance and diversity of faecally dispersed parasites of tiger in Tadoba National Park, central India

BMC Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Marathe, Rahul R ^a   Goel, Shantanu S ^b   Ranade, Sachin P ^a   Jog, Maithili M ^a   Watve, Milind G ^a,b  

^a ABASAHEB GARWARE COLLEGE   (India)

^b Life Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTHERA TIGRIS;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HELMINTH; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORA; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HELMINTHS; INDIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2942720815     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-2-6     Document Type: Article

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