Tigers need cover: Multi-scale occupancy study of the big cat in Sumatran forest and plantation landscapes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sunarto, Sunarto ^a,b   Kelly, Marcella J ^a   Parakkasi, Karmila ^b   Klenzendorf, Sybille ^c   Septayuda, Eka ^b   Kurniawan, Harry ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Species Program   (Indonesia)

^c WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; INDONESIA; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PLANTATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TIGER; UNDERSTOREY; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TREE;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; PANTHERA TIGRIS SUMATRAE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CATS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INDONESIA; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PLANTS; TIGERS; TREES;

EID: 84856084094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030859     Document Type: Article

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