Kill rates and food consumption of leopards in Bardia National Park, Nepal

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-30

  Odden, Morten ^a   Wegge, Per ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Food habits; Leopard; Panthera pardus; Predation; Prey consumption

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CARNIVORE; FELID; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PREDATION; PREY CAPTURE;

ASIA; BHERI; EURASIA; NEPAL; ROYAL BARDIA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA;

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVUS AXIS; FELIDAE; MUNTIACUS; MUNTIACUS MUNTJAK; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PRIMATES; UNGULATA;

EID: 67149120606     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03193134     Document Type: Article

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