Female tiger Panthera tigris home range size and prey abundance: Important metrics for management

ORYX

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 370-377

  Simcharoen, Achara ^a,b   Savini, Tommaso ^a   Gale, George A ^a   Simcharoen, Saksit ^b   Duangchantrasiri, Somphot ^b   Pakpien, Somporn ^b   Smith, James L D ^c  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b Department of National Parks Wildlife and Plant Conservation ^*  (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary; Panthera tigris; protected area management; satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

FECES; FELID; GPS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PROTECTED AREA; RANGE SIZE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

HUAI KHA KHAENG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; THAILAND;

EID: 84903271346     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605312001408     Document Type: Article

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