FIELD GUIDE Monitoring Tigers, Co-Predators, Prey and their Habitats

Contents
Page No.
Preface 1
Introduction 3
Sampling for Tiger, Leopard & Other Carnivore Sign Encounter Rates 9
Sampling for Ungulate Encounter Rates 16
Sampling for Vegetation and Human Disturbance 21
Sampling for Ungulate Pellets 34
Sampling Track Plots 40
Patrol Data 44
Appendix-I : Major Ungulate Species 48
Appendix-II : Tracks of Major Carnivores 50
Appendix-III : Fecal Pellets of Wild Ungulates and their Characteristics 51
Appendix-IV: Acknowledgements and Photo credits 55
Appendix-V: Vulture Data Sheet 56
Appendix-VI: Initialization Procedure for GPS units 58