The influence of differing hunting practices on the relative abundance of mammals in two rainforest areas of the Western Ghats, India

ORYX

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-327

  Kumara, H N ^a   Singh, Mewa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Hunting practices; India; Langur; Mammals; Rainforest; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; HUNTING; MAMMAL; RED LIST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MACACA; MACACA SILENUS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; TRACHYPITHECUS JOHNII;

EID: 31344463199     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605304000560     Document Type: Article

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