Dietary partitioning in sympatric large carnivores in a tropical forest of Western Ghats, India

Mammal Study

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 313-321

  Ramesh, Tharmalingam ^a   Kalle, Riddhika ^a   Sankar, Kalyanasundaram ^a   Qureshi, Qamar ^a  

^a Wildlife Institute of India   (India)

Author keywords

coexistence; dietary partitioning; large carnivores; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

BOS GAURUS; CERVUS AXIS; CERVUS UNICOLOR; CUON ALPINUS; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; RATUFA INDICA; SCIURIDAE; SEMNOPITHECUS ENTELLUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84872730173     PISSN: 13434152     EISSN: 13486160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3106/041.037.0405     Document Type: Article

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