Monitoring of reintroduced tigers in Sariska Tiger reserve, Western India: Preliminary findings on home range, prey selection and food habits

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-318

  Sankar, K ^a   Qureshi, Qamar ^a   Nigam, Parag ^a   Malik, P K ^a   Sinha, P R ^a   Mehrotra, R N ^b   Gopal, Rajesh ^c   Bhattacharjee, Subhadeep ^a   Mondal, Krishnendu ^a   Gupta, Shilpi ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b Chief Wildlife Warden   (India)

^c National Tiger Conservation Authority   (India)

Author keywords

Food habits; Home range; Reintroduction; Sariska; Tiger

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOSELAPHUS TRAGOCAMELUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CERVUS AXIS; CERVUS UNICOLOR; PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS; PAVO; PAVO CRISTATUS; SEMNOPITHECUS ENTELLUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 79951707932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291000300305     Document Type: Article

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