Recovery of wild large herbivores following livestock decline in a tropical Indian wildlife reserve

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 858-869

  Madhusudan, M D ^a,b,c,d  

^a Centre for Ecological Research and Conservation   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES   (India)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

^d NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Chital; Competition; Elephant; Gaur; Pastoralism; Resource limitation; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSERVATION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORY; LIMITING FACTOR; LIVESTOCK; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; BANDIPUR NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

BOS; BOS GAURUS; BOVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS AXIS; CERVUS UNICOLOR; ELEPHANT; ELEPHAS; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MAMMALIA; SUS; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 5344254007     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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