Habitat loss and human-elephant conflict in Assam, India: Does a critical threshold exist?

ORYX

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 528-533

  Chartier, Laura ^a,c   Zimmermann, Alexandra ^a,b   Ladle, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assam; deforestation; habitat loss; habitat threshold; human elephant conflict; human wildlife conflict; India

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; DEFORESTATION; ELEPHANT; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST COVER; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION GROWTH; REMOTE SENSING;

ASSAM; INDIA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 80955122876     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605311000044     Document Type: Article

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