How sampling‐based overdispersion reveals India's tiger monitoring orthodoxy

Abstract Agencies responsible for recovering populations of iconic mammals may exaggerate population trends without adequate scientific evidence. Recently, such populations were termed as “political populations” in the conservation literature. We surmise such cases are manifested when agencies are p...

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Main Authors: Arjun M. Gopalaswamy, K. Ullas Karanth, Mohan Delampady, Nils C. Stenseth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-12-01
Series:Conservation Science and Practice
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.128