Mammal persistence and abundance in tropical rainforest remnants in the southern Western Ghats, India

Current Science

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 748-757

  Sridhar, Hari ^a,b   Raman, T R Shankar ^a   Mudappa, Divya ^a  

^a NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Distance sampling; Habitat fragmentation; Macaca silenus; Ratufa indica; Semnopithecus johnii

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA SILENUS; MAMMALIA; RATUFA INDICA; SCIURIDAE; TRACHYPITHECUS JOHNII;

EID: 42149147920     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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