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Assessing leopard occurrence in the plantation landscape of Valparai, Anamalai Hills [1]

Interactions between humans and larger carnivorous mammals have a long history in Asia and Africa. Some adaptable carnivores with wide ranges occur in landscapes with humans and their increasing interface with people sometimes resulting in conflicts. The Valparain plateau inthe Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats, India has experienced human-leopard confict in the past.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
10/11/2014
R. Navya [3], VIDYA ATHREYA [4], Divya Mudappa & et al [5]
Current Science [6]
107
9
1381-1385
Tags:
Leopard [7], Conflicts [8], Anamalai Hills [9], Western Ghats [10], Tamil Nadu [11]
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[2] http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/107/09/1381.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/r-navya
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vidya-athreya
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/divya-mudappa-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/leopard
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/conflicts
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/anamalai-hills
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/western-ghats
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu