Sloth bear habitat use in disturbed and unprotected areas of Madhya Pradesh, India

Ursus

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-211

  Akhtar, Nairn ^a   Bargali, Harendra Singh ^b   Chauhan, N P S ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b WWF India   (India)

Author keywords

Bear sign; Denning habitat; Fruit trees; Habitat use; Human bear encounters; Melursus ursinus; Sloth bear

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750956471     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2004)015<0203:SBHUID>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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