COUNTING TIGERS.
The article focuses on the largest ongoing census of the endangered tiger in West Bengal's Sunderbans, India as of February 2006. Sunderbans is a mangrove marshland located on the eastern coast which is considered the largest natural tiger habitat in the world. The census will utilize specially des...
| Publicado en: | Ecologist Vol. 36; no. 1; p. 9 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Resurgence Trust
Feb2006
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| Sumario: | The article focuses on the largest ongoing census of the endangered tiger in West Bengal's Sunderbans, India as of February 2006. Sunderbans is a mangrove marshland located on the eastern coast which is considered the largest natural tiger habitat in the world. The census will utilize specially designed computer programs, camera traps, and radio-collars detected via satellite. Reports of poaching in India prompted authorities to conduct the census. |
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