Home range and habitat preference of female lions (Panthera leo persica) in Gir forests, India

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3383-3394

  Jhala, Yadvendradev V ^a   Mukherjee, Shomen ^a,b   Shah, Nita ^a,c   Chauhan, Kartikeya S ^a,d   Dave, Chittranjan V ^a   Meena, V ^a   Banerjee, Kausik ^a  

^a Wildlife Institute of India   (India)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^d Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve   (India)

Author keywords

Asiatic lion; Compositional analysis; Group Size; Ivlev's index; Lion density; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; ANOGEISSUS; BOSWELLIA; LANNEA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO PERSICA; TECTONA GRANDIS; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 79958227377     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9648-9     Document Type: Article

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