La Niña's signature: Synchronous decline of the mammal community in a 'protected' area in India

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 752-760

  Waite, T A ^a   Campbell, L G ^a   Chhangani, A K ^b   Robbins, P ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The School of Desert Sciences   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; ENSO; Extinction threat; India; Mammals; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; MAMMAL; MASS MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PROTECTED AREA; RECRUITMENT; TIME SERIES; WILD POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KUMBHALGARH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35148896622     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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