Tiger presence in a hitherto unsurveyed jungle of India-the Sathyamangalam forests

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 779-787

  Anuradha Reddy, P ^a   Kumaraguru, A ^a   Bhagavatula, Jyotsna ^a   Gour, Digpal Singh ^a   Bhavanishankar, M ^a   Shekhar Sarkar, M ^a   Harika, K ^a   Hussain, Sk Md ^a   Shivaji, S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Non invasive sampling; Occupancy; Sathyamangalam; Tiger

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BUFFER ZONE; DISTURBANCE; FECES; FELID; FOREST HEALTH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MORTALITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; PROTECTED AREA;

INDIA; SATHYAMANGALAM WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; TAMIL NADU; WESTERN GHATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84860457493     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0326-1     Document Type: Article

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