Losing ground: Tigers panthera tigris in the north-western shivalik landscape of India

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Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-43

  Harihar, Abishek ^a   Prasad, Deepika L ^b   Ri, Chandan ^c   Pandav, Bivash ^d   Goyal, Surendra P ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b A V C COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

^c C/o WWF Nepal Program ^*  (India)

^d WWF Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Chilla Motichur corridor; India; Panthera tigris; Prey density; Rajaji National Park; Recovery; Tiger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT CORRIDOR; LANDSCAPE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGES RIVER; INDIA; RAJAJI NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 68349160320     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307072043     Document Type: Article

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