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Tiger conservation efforts are shifting from an exclusive focus on single reserves to include large heterogeneous landscapes.
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Vasudev, D., Nichols, J.D., Ramakrishnan, U., Ramesh, K., Vaidyanathan, S. (2017). Assessing Landscape Connectivity for Tigers and Prey Species: Concepts and Practice. In: Karanth, K., Nichols, J. (eds) Methods For Monitoring Tiger And Prey Populations. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5436-5_13
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