Opportunities of habitat connectivity for tiger (Panthera tigris) between Kanha and Pench national parks in Madhya Pradesh, India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Rathore, Chinmaya S ^a   Dubey, Yogesh ^a   Shrivastava, Anurag ^b   Pathak, Prasad ^a   Patil, Vinayak ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREST MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b Madhya Pradesh Forest Department   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ECOTOURISM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABITAT CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INDIA; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION; TIGER; TOURISM; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIGERS;

ANIMALIA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 84864020020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039996     Document Type: Article

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