Satellite telemetry and wildlife studies in India: Advantages, options and challenges

Current Science

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1439-1443

  Javed, Sàlim ^a   Higuchi, Hiroyoshi ^b   Nagendran, Meenakshi ^c   Takekawa, John Y ^d  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 4444252921     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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