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Increasing tiger mortality in Nepal: a bump in the road?

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  1. Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 37044, USA

    Shivish Bhandari

  2. Institute for Agriculture and the Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Darling Heights, Australia

    Uttam Babu Shrestha

  3. Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Uttam Babu Shrestha & Achyut Aryal

  4. Department of Forest and Resource Management, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, Rotorua, New Zealand

    Achyut Aryal

  5. Faculty of Science, Charles Perkins Centre, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Achyut Aryal

  6. Basefe Training Limited, Auckland, New Zealand

    Achyut Aryal

  7. Save Dot International Limited, Auckland, New Zealand

    Achyut Aryal

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Bhandari, S., Shrestha, U.B. & Aryal, A. Increasing tiger mortality in Nepal: a bump in the road?. Biodivers Conserv 28, 4115–4118 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01849-x

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