Food habits of dholes (Cuon alpinus) in Satpura Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Mammalia

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-88

  Borah, Jimmy ^a   Deka, Karabi ^a   Dookia, Sumit ^b   Prasad Gupta, Rajendra ^c  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b Bhagirath 76   (India)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Carnivore diet; Prey biomass; Satpura Tiger Reserve; Scat analysis; Wild dogs or dholes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANID; CARNIVORE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NATURE RESERVE; PREY AVAILABILITY; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; SATPURA TIGER RESERVE; SOUTH ASIA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS UNICOLOR; CUON ALPINUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MUNTIACUS; MUNTIACUS MUNTJAK;

EID: 67249102891     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2009.024     Document Type: Article

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