Detail Information About Tigers For Full Detail Download the PDF File :- http://moef.nic.in/downloads/p​ublic-information/tiger-ppt.pd​f

"ANY MONITORING PROGRAM IS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND LOGISTIC CONSTRAINTS"
-Hutto & Young 2003
     


Monitoring Tigers :-


1.  Vast Landscape low Density,
2.  Cryptic Species, Wide Ranging
3.  Limitation Of Professtional & Technical Capabilities.  




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