Temporal variation in tiger (Panthera Tigris) populations and its implications for monitoring

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 472-478

  Barlow, Adam C D ^a   McDougal, Charles ^b   Smith, James L D ^a   Gurung, Bhim ^a   Bhatta, Shiv R ^c   Kumal, Sukram ^b   Mahato, Baburam ^b   Tamang, Dhan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Long Term Tiger Monitoring Project   (Nepal)

^c Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Babarmahal ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Infanticide; Nepal; Panthera tigris; Power analysis; Tiger; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INFANTICIDE; MAMMAL; POPULATION SIZE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; LUMBINI; NEPAL; ROYAL CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 65949085144     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-415.1     Document Type: Article

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