India's tiger counts: The long March to reliable science

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 22-25

  Ullas Karanth, K ^a  

^a Centre for Wildlife Studies   (India)

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EID: 84859356507     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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