Saving wild tigers: A case study in biodiversity loss and challenges to be met for recovery beyond 2010

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-299

  Seidensticker, John ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Biodiversity; Global tiger recovery program; Panthera tigris; Tiger conservation landscape

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; TIGER;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; TIGERS;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 78651296781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2010.00214.x     Document Type: Review

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