Assessment of the landscape between the Gir Protected Area and the Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat for a potential lion habitat corridor
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2012
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Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun
Abstract
In this report, assess the habitat characteristics, extent of fragmentation and its future trends, prey abundance and perception of the local communities towards lion conservation in the agro-pastoral landscape between the Gir PA and the Girnar forests to help in delineating the important dispersal corridor habitat between the Gir PA and the Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary, suggesting measures for its effective conservation
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Gir Protected area, Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Habitat, Asiatic lion, Corridor, Conservation, Prey abundance, Park and people