Genetically distinct population of Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) of India

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 484-490

  Sharma, Reeta ^a,c,d   Stuckas, Heiko ^b   Bhaskar, Ranjana ^c   Khan, Imran ^c   Goyal, Surendra Prakash ^c   Tiedemann, Ralph ^d  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bengal tiger; MtDNA haplotype; Population genetics; Terai Arc

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FELID; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMORPHISM; PROTECTED AREA;

CHITWAN; INDIA; NARAYANI; NEPAL; TARAI;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS;

EID: 79956373301     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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