STANDARDIZATION OF SCAT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR LEOPARD (PANTHERA-PARDUS) IN GIR-NATIONAL-PARK, WESTERN INDIA

Authors
MUKHERJEE S GOYAL SP CHELLAM R
Citation
S. Mukherjee et al., STANDARDIZATION OF SCAT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR LEOPARD (PANTHERA-PARDUS) IN GIR-NATIONAL-PARK, WESTERN INDIA, Mammalia, 58(1), 1994, pp. 139-143
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Mammalia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00251461
Volume
58
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
139 - 143
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-1461(1994)58:1<139:SOSATF>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We determined the minimum number of hairs that need to be examined per scat and the minimum number of scats required for estimating leopard diet in Gir forest, India. Examination of twenty hairs/scat enable the detection of multiple prey species. A minimum of eighty scats is need ed to reliably estimate leopard's diet. Forty eight percent of the. sc ats contained single prey species while the rest of the scats had rema ins of multiple prey species.