Tiger Reserves in India

[Rishi]

(05-16-2017, 10:51 PM)Shardul Wrote: The total tiger population of Uttarakhand is about 360, of which 200 odd are in Corbett tiger reserve. Ramnagar, lansdowne forest divisions, nandhaur valley are not included in CTR but also have tigers. Corbett's tiger density is comparable to kaziranga, whereas the herbivore density there doesn't seem anywhere comparable to kazi. 

I don't have data how many are nomadic tigers, how many are shared or how many has territorial overlap..so i won't comment on it.
( http://wildfact.com/forum/topic-wildfact-library ) the very 1st book has your prey density data...

Quote:Kanha's buffer is about 1100 km2 out of 2040 km2 total area. The buffer is not agricultural land, it is reserve forest that also has natural prey. The entire kanha pench corridor has presence of wild prey like gaur and sambar.

Yes, kanha has some buffer forests, but also ~50% of the buffer ise cultivated lands..especially that big white wedge in the map.
Check out ISRO's landuse/landcover data here> ( http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/state/MP ) or if you just zoom-in in Satellite image (ISRO's one's much sharper than GoogleMaps) mode, you can see the fields.

Quote:In fact AJT Jonsingh did a study on re introduction of rhinos in corbett's dhikala grasslands. 

Ok..that one i didn't know. Thanks for the info! Reply