Distributional and ecological review of the four horned antelope, Tetracerus quadricornis

Mammalia

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Krishna, Yarlagadda Chaitanya ^a,b,e   Clyne, Peter J ^c   Krishnaswamy, Jagdish ^d   Kumar, Narayanarao Samba ^b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (India)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^e HRBR Layout   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Distribution; Ecology; Endemic; India

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BROWSING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

TETRACERUS QUADRICORNIS;

EID: 62249172238     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2009.003     Document Type: Review

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