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Study Species, Habitats and Hypotheses

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The Nagarahole–Kallahalla–Thitimathi sub-landscape was chosen as our study site after examining other possible sites in the Malenad landscape (Karanth et al. 2011) of the Western Ghats of Karnataka (Das et al. 2006). The study area was found to be the most suitable because it falls under three different forest management regimes and provides a continuum along a gradient of protection levels, human access and resource extraction. It also has a history of social stability with clearly laid down forest protection and management laws.

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  • Management Regime
  • Large Mammal
  • Mouse Deer
  • Forest Division
  • Hanuman Langur

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  1. Department of Forest, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

    G. Vishwanatha Reddy

  2. Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY, USA

    K. Ullas Karanth

  3. Wildlife Conservation Society – India, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    N. Samba Kumar

  4. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Jagdish Krishnaswamy

  5. Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Program, New York, NY, USA

    Krithi K. Karanth

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Reddy, G.V., Karanth, K.U., Kumar, N.S., Krishnaswamy, J., Karanth, K.K. (2016). Study Species, Habitats and Hypotheses. In: Recovering Biodiversity in Indian Forests. SpringerBriefs in Ecology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0911-2_2

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