@article{1432818,
      recid = {1432818},
      author = {Kumar, N. Samba, and Karanth, K. Ullas, and Nichols, James  D., and Vaidyanathan, Srinivas, and Gardner, Beth, and  Krishnaswamy, Jagdish,},
      title = {Spatial dynamics and ecology of large ungulate populations  in tropical forests of India /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxvii, 195 pages) :},
      abstract = {Large ungulates in tropical forests are among the most  threatened taxa of mammals. Excessive hunting, degradation  of and encroachments on their natural habitats by humans  have contributed to drastic reductions in wild ungulate  populations in recent decades. As such, reliable  assessments of ungulate-habitat relationships and the  spatial dynamics of their populations are urgently needed  to provide a scientific basis for conservation efforts.  However, such rigorous assessments are methodologically  complex and logistically difficult, and consequently many  commonly used ungulate population survey methods do not  address key problems. As a result of such deficiencies, key  parameters related to population distribution, abundance,  habitat ecology and management of tropical forest ungulates  remain poorly understood. This book addresses this critical  knowledge gap by examining how population abundance  patterns in five threatened species of large ungulates vary  across space in the tropical forests of the  Nagarahole-Bandipur reserves in southwestern India. It also  explains the development and application of an innovative  methodology - spatially explicit line transect sampling -  based on an advanced hierarchical modelling under the  Bayesian inferential framework, which overcomes common  methodological deficiencies in current ungulate surveys.  The methods and results presented provide valuable  reference material for researchers and professionals  involved in studying and managing wild ungulate populations  around the globe.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1432818},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6934-0},
}