A strategy for conservation of the Tibetan Gazelle Procapra picticaudata in Ladakh

Conservation and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 262-276

  Bhatnagar, Yash Veer ^a,b   Seth, C M ^c   Takpa, J ^c   Ul Haq, Saleem ^c   Namgail, Tsewang ^a,d   Bagchi, Sumanta ^a,e   Mishra, Charudutt ^a,b  

^a NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^b Snow Leopard Network   (United States)

^c Government of Jammu and Kashmir   (India)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ladakh; Participation; Population recovery; Tibetan gazelle

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749193141     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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