Living with Lions: The Economics of Coexistence in the Gir Forests, India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Banerjee, Kausik ^a   Jhala, Yadvendradev V ^a   Chauhan, Kartikeya S ^a,b   Dave, Chittranjan V ^a,c  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b not available   (India)

^c Tiger and Wildlife Program   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BUFFALO; CARNIVORE; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; GOVERNMENT; GRAZING; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; LION; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MARK RECAPTURE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COEXISTENCE;

BOS; BUBALUS; PANTHERA LEO PERSICA;

EID: 84872454167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049457     Document Type: Article

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