Principal Investigator and/or Organization:

David MacDonald, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WILDCRU), Oxford, UK
Sr Murherjee, Wildlife Institute of India (WII), India

Start Date and Duration:

November 1996, Three years

Site:

Madhya Pradesh, India, Bandhavgarh National Park

Program Objectives:

The project will study in select, representative sites, population size, predation patterns, densities, social organisation, population dynamics, use of habitats, and other ecological parameters. This will be done using camera traps and possibly telemetry.

This project will also study human-tiger interactions using GIS. A GIS on tigers will be created for the study site and will be handed over to the park authorities along with suggestions for management of the tiger population of the area.

Program Description:

1. To Determine the size and distribution of the tiger population as related to their habitat requirements.
2. To determine the species population dynamics and other population dynamics including population densities in other parts of the park, age and sex ratios, survival and breeding success, mortality factors, spatial organisation, home range and movements.
3. To describe the species behavior and social organisation including reproduction, interactions between juvenile and adult tigers, survival and dispersal of juveniles.
4. To assess the tiger's feeding habits and to determine the availability and distribution of principle prey species.
5. To evaluate the co-existence of the tiger and humans both inside parks and on park peripheries.

Contacts:

Dr. D.W. MacDonald
Latika Nath

Address:

WILDCRU Department of Zoology
South Parks Road
Oxford UK OX13PS

Telephone:

01865-271234

Fax: 01865-310447

e-mail: Latkia.nath@zoo.ox.ac.uk

The Tiger Information Centre

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