Conservation status of wild mammals in Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, the Western Ghats, India

Current Science

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 933-940

  Kumara, Honnavalli N ^a   Rathnakumar, S ^b   Sasi, R ^c   Singh, M ^d  

^a SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

^b A V C COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Density; Herbivores; Nocturnal mammals; Wildlife sanctuary

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANTIDAE; FELIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84869119679     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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