Demographic structure and abundance of Asiatic lions Panthera leo persica in Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, India

ORYX

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 248-251

  Banerjee, Kausik ^a   Jhala, Yadvendradev V ^a   Pathak, Bharat ^b  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b Conservator of Forests ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Age structure; Capture recapture; Corridor; Density; Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary; India; Lion; Panthera leo persica

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; AGROFORESTRY; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; EXTINCTION; FELID; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODELING; PROTECTED AREA; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEX RATIO; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

GIRNAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; GUJARAT; INDIA;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO PERSICA;

EID: 77952554166     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309990949     Document Type: Article

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