Assessing the threat of human consumption of tiger prey in the Bangladesh Sundarbans

Animal Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-76

  Mohsanin, S ^a,d   Barlow, A C D ^a,b   Greenwood, C J ^a,b   Islam, M A ^a,c   Kabir, M M ^d   Rahman, M M ^a   Howlader, A ^a  

^a Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Axis axis; Dietary recall; Panthera tigris; Poaching; Sundarbans; Wild meat consumption

Indexed keywords

DEER; FELID; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MEAT; POACHING; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BANGLADESH; SUNDARBANS;

CENTROPOGON SURINAMENSIS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS AXIS; PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 84873087658     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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