Large carnivore attacks on humans in central India: A case study from the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve

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Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-227

  Dhanwatey, Harshawardhan S ^a   Crawford, Joanne C ^b   Abade, Leandro A S ^c   Dhanwatey, Poonam H ^a   Nielsen, Clayton K ^b   Sillero Zubiri, Claudio ^c  

^a Tiger Research and Conservation Trust   (India)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human carnivore conflict; human dominated landscape; leopard; Panthera pardus; Panthera tigris; Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve; tiger

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARNIVORE; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; PROTECTED AREA; VULNERABILITY;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; TADOBA ANDHARI TIGER RESERVE;

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 84876381667     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605311001803     Document Type: Article

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