Food habits of leopard in tropical moist deciduous forest of Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, India

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-147

  Ahmed, Kaleem ^a   Khan, Jamal A ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Diet diversity; Panthera pardus; Predation; Scat analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; MAMMAL; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; DUDHWA NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

ANIMALIA; BOSELAPHUS TRAGOCAMELUS; CERVUS AXIS; FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 60449098157     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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