Monitoring tigers and their prey : a manual for researchers, managers, and conservationists in tropical Asia /
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| Imprint: | Bangalore : Centre for Wildlife Studies, 2002. |
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| Description: | xv, 193 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4846041 |
Table of Contents:
- Monitoring tigers and prey: Conservation needs and managerial constraints / K. Ullas Karanth, James D. Nichols, P.K. Sen, and Vinod Rishi
- Ecology of the tiger: Implications for population monitoring / K. Ullas Karanth and Raghunandan S. Chundawat
- Population monitoring / James D. Nichols and K. Ullas Karanth
- Statistical concepts: assessing spatial distributions
- Field surveys: assessing spatial distributions of tigers and prey / K. Ullas Karanth N. Samba Kuymar and Raghunandan S. Chundawat
- Spatial distributions of tigers and prey: Mapping and the use of GIS / Bradley M. Stith and N. Samba Kumar
- Statistical concepts: Indices of relative abundance / James D. Nichols and K. Ullas Karanth
- Field surveys: assessing relative abundances of tigers and prey / K. Ullas Karanth and N. Samba Kumar
- Statistical concepts: Estimating absolute densities of prey species using line transpect sampling / Len Thomas and K. Ullas Karanth
- Field surveys: estimating absolute densities of prey species using line transect sampling / K. Ullas Karanth, Len Thomas, and N. Samba Kumar
- Statistical concepts: Estimating absolute densities of tigers using capture-recapture sampling / James D. Nichols and K. Ullas Karanth
- Field surveys: Estimating absolute densities of tigers using capture-recapture sampling / K. Ullas Karanth, N. Samba Kumar and James D. Nichols
- Monitoring tiger populations: Why use capture-recapture sampling? / K. Ullas Karanth and James D. Nichols
- Drawings of the tiger and other sympatric large carnivores and their tracks
- Drawings of principal prey species of the tiger and their tracks
- Specimen data form for field surveys of spatial distribution of tigers and prey
- Specimen data form for questionnaire surveys of informants
- Specimen data form for encounter rate surveys of tiger sign
- Specimen data form for recording dung counts on plots
- Specimen data form for line transect surveys
- Specimen data form for camera trap survey of tigers
- Design of the Javaji metal secure camera trap shell
- Web sites for free analytical software and addresses of some camera trap equipment suppliers
- Glossary of technical terms
- Common and scientific names of animals used in the text.
