Noninvasive genetic monitoring of tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) population of Orang National Park in the Brahmaputra floodplain, Assam, India

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 603-613

  Borthakur, Udayan ^a   Barman, Rumi Dev ^a   Das, Chatrapati ^a   Basumatary, Ajit ^a   Talukdar, Anjan ^a   Ahmed, M Firoz ^a   Talukdar, Bibhab Kumar ^a   Bharali, Rupjyoti ^b  

^a Survey   (India)

^b GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Assam; Microsatellites; Noninvasive genetics; Northeast India; Orang National Park; Panthera tigris tigris; Population estimation

Indexed keywords

PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS;

EID: 79956278753     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0471-0     Document Type: Article

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