Influence of connectivity, wild prey and disturbance on occupancy of tigers in the human-dominated western Terai Arc landscape

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Harihar, Abishek ^a,b   Pandav, Bivash ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGENIC DISTURBANCE; ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HABITAT OCCUPANCY; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES INVASION; TIGER; WILD PREY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; INDIA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIGERS;

PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 84863614106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040105     Document Type: Article

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