Prey selection and food habits of leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan

Mammalia

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-205

  Mondal, Krishnendu ^a   Gupta, Shilpi ^a   Qureshi, Qamar ^a   Sankar, Kalyanasundaram ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FELID; FOOD SELECTION; NATURE RESERVE; PREY SELECTION;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SARISKA TIGER RESERVE;

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 79959945544     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2011.011     Document Type: Article

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