Spatial distribution of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) and its habitat usage pattern in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, southern India

Current Science

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 501-506

  Varma, Surendra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Habitat usage; Rapid surveys; Spatial and field analysis

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 40549143040     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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