Factors influencing densities of striped hyenas (Hyaena hyaena) in arid regions of India

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1152-1159

  Singh, Priya ^a,b   Gopalaswamy, Arjun M ^b,d   Karanth, K Ullas ^c  

^a Centre for Wildlife Studies   (India)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abundance estimation; capturerecapture; denning refugia; land use; livestock; semiarid zones

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARID REGION; DOMINANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; MAMMAL; PHOTOGRAPH; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY;

INDIA; KUMBHALGARH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; RAJASTHAN;

HYAENA HYAENA;

EID: 77958454271     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-159.1     Document Type: Article

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