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Title
Tracking Tigers: The science of surveying these elusive cats has advanced dramatically, but conservation agencies lag behind
Author(s)
Karanth, K. Ullas
Published
2016
Publisher
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Published Version DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0716-54
Abstract
Wild tigers have declined to the point where the species now occupies just 7 percent of its former geographical range. The fate of the species turns on the 40 to 50 populations that have a reasonable chance of recovery. These populations need careful monitoring. But many conservation agencies use outdated methods to track tigers, generating unreliable and misleading counts of the elusive cats. Fresh insights into the pressures that tigers face and new techniques that better estimate where the cats live and how many exist are key to saving the felines from extinction.
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