Protected areas and biodiversity conservation in India

M Ghosh-Harihar, R An, R Athreya, U Borthakur… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Three well-supported generalizations in conservation biology are that developing tropical
countries will experience the greatest biodiversity declines in the near future, they are some …

Tracking changes and preventing loss in critical tiger habitat

AR Joshi, E Dinerstein, E Wikramanayake… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
The global population of wild tigers remains dangerously low at fewer than 3500 individuals.
Habitat loss, along with poaching, can undermine the international target recovery of …

Living on the edge: Opportunities for Amur tiger recovery in China

T Wang, JA Royle, JLD Smith, L Zou, X Lü, T Li… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Sporadic sightings of the endangered Amur tiger Panthera tigris altaica along the China-
Russia border during the late 1990s sparked efforts to expand this subspecies distribution …

Threats to a rainforest carnivore community: A multi-year assessment of occupancy and co-occurrence in Madagascar

ZJ Farris, BD Gerber, K Valenta, R Rafaliarison… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Protected areas (PA) aim to eliminate many of the threats that species face on the greater
landscape. In the last three decades, PA's have expanded considerably; however …

Understanding drivers of human tolerance towards mammals in a mixed-use transfrontier conservation area in southern Africa

R Kansky, M Kidd, J Fischer - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Living with wild mammals is a critical challenge globally, especially in mixed-use
landscapes such as Transfrontier Conservation Areas that aim to conserve wildlife as well …

[HTML][HTML] Recovery planning towards doubling wild tiger Panthera tigris numbers: Detailing 18 recovery sites from across the range

A Harihar, P Chanchani, J Borah, RJ Crouthers… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
With less than 3200 wild tigers in 2010, the heads of 13 tiger-range countries committed to
doubling the global population of wild tigers by 2022. This goal represents the highest level …

Space use patterns of two large carnivores: Puma (Puma concolor) and Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) in tropical agroecosystems

MC Pônzio, N Pasqualotto, V Alberici… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Mammalian carnivores are often vulnerable to the conversion of natural habitat. Although
some species might be frequent in anthropogenic areas, it is not entirely clear how they use …

[HTML][HTML] Tigers in the Terai: Strong evidence for meta-population dynamics contributing to tiger recovery and conservation in the Terai Arc Landscape

K Thapa, E Wikramanayake, S Malla, KP Acharya… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The source populations of tigers are mostly confined to protected areas, which are now
becoming isolated. A landscape scale conservation strategy should strive to facilitate …

Modeling community occupancy from line transect data: a case study with large mammals in post‐war Angola

LS Petracca, PJ Funston, P Henschel… - Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Human disturbance can have a profound effect on the occurrence and distribution of wildlife.
Such disturbance often extends into protected areas (PAs), particularly in countries that have …

Agricultural lands offer seasonal habitats to tigers in a human‐dominated and fragmented landscape in India

R Warrier, BR Noon, L Bailey - Ecosphere, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Conserving wide‐ranging large carnivores in human‐dominated landscapes is contingent
on acknowledging the conservation value of human‐modified lands. This is particularly true …