Demographic parameters of endangered Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) in Gir Forests, India

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1420-1430

  Banerjee, Kausik ^a   Jhala, Yadvendradev V ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

inbreeding; litter size; mortality; rate of increase; sex ratio; survival

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LITTER SIZE; MORTALITY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; RADIOTELEMETRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

GIR NATIONAL PARK; GUJARAT; INDIA;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO PERSICA;

EID: 84871236059     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-231.1     Document Type: Article

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