Linking monitoring and intervention for improved management of tigers in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2032-2040

  Barlow, Adam C D ^a   Ahmed, Md Ishtiaq U ^a,b   Rahman, Md Mizanur ^c   Howlader, Alam ^c   Smith, Alexander C ^a   Smith, James L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Bangladesh Meteorological Department   (Bangladesh)

^c Sundarbans Tiger Project   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Abundance; Adaptive management; Panthera tigris; Power analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FELID; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LITTER SIZE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; GANGES DELTA; SOUTH ASIA; SUNDARBANS;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 49149126869     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

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