An elephantine challenge: Human-elephant conflict distribution in the largest Asian elephant population, southern India

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 633-647

  Gubbi, Sanjay ^a,c   Swaminath, M H ^b   Poornesha, H C ^c   Bhat, Rashmi ^c   Raghunath, R ^c  

^a State Board for Wildlife   (India)

^b Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Retd)   (India)

^c NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Crop compensation; Human wildlife conflict; India; Large mammal conservation; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893906705     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0621-x     Document Type: Article

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