Home range size and daytime habitat selection of leopards in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2242-2250

  Simcharoen, Saksit ^a   Barlow, Adam C D ^b   Simcharoen, Achara ^c   Smith, James L D ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Conservation Areas Regional Office ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Compositional analysis; Fixed kernel; Leopard; Panthera pardus; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HUAI KHA KHAENG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 51449095766     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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