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Author (up) Karanth, K.U., Nichols, J.D., Seidensticker, J., Dinerstein, E., David Smith, J.L., McDougal, C., Johnsingh, A.J.T., Chundawat, R.S., Thapar, V. url 
  Title Science deficiency in conservation practice: the monitoring of tiger populations in India Type Journal Article
  Year 2003 Publication Animal Conservation Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 6 Issue Pages 141-146  
  Keywords population monitoring, sampling, tiger, pugmark, census, pugmark census  
  Abstract Conservation practices are supposed to get refined by advancing scientific knowledge. We study this phenomenon in the context of monitoring tiger populations in India, by evaluating the ‘pugmark census method’ employed by wildlife managers for three decades. We use an analytical framework of modern animal population sampling to test the efficacy of the pugmark censuses using scientific data on tigers and our field observations. We identify three critical goals for monitoring tiger populations, in order of increasing sophistication: (1) distribution mapping, (2) tracking relative abundance, (3) estimation of absolute abundance. We demonstrate that the present census-based paradigm does not work because it ignores the first two simpler goals, and targets, but fails to achieve, the most difficult third goal. We point out the utility and ready availability of alternative monitoring paradigms that deal with the central problems of spatial sampling and observability. We propose an alternative sampling-based approach that can be tailored to meet practical needs of tiger monitoring at different levels of refinement.  
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  Publisher The Zoological Society of London Place of Publication United Kingdom Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  Call Number SLN @ rana @ Serial 1307  
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