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About 14-16 a year killed due to in fighting.


Here was P. Tigris comparing in to lion populations
.79 x 39 = 30.81 per 2000-km2 (number of space is 2000-km2, and only 30.81 lions (after calculating) died by other lions) <-- 30.81 lions KILLED by other lions in 2000km2 area.

2000-km2/430-km2 = 4.65116279 (2000-km2 is is what the space of the lion study was experimented on in the Serengeti, 430-km2 is the total size of Kaziranga Park. So the Serengeti is 4.65116279 times larger then Kaziranga, so we will take proportions..or else the study is just unfair and can't get you an accurate conclusion.

2000km2 (Serengeti) / 430km2 (Kaziranga) = 4.65, so that means the Serengeti is 4.65x larger than kaziranga. As 430 * 4.65 = 2000km2.

Here are the calculations:

It was about 300 lions total, in 2000-km2 area

Look on page 2/11, he quoted

"Detailed field work was conducted in 1996–2001 on approximately 300 lions living in a 2000-km2 area of the Serengeti National Park (Packer et al. 2005) and approxi- mately 50 lions living in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania (Kissui & Packer 2004). Long-term behavioural, demo- graphic and photographic records on these populations date back to 1963 (West & Packer 2002). We located indi- vidual prides by sight and by radiotelemetry. All study lions were individually recognizable by natural markings and were habituated to vehicles. On average, each lion in the study area was seen once every 3–4 days. For the purposes of this study, we concentrated on adults (4 years) and subadults (between 2 and 4 years)."

All of Kaziranga is 430-km2, compared to 2000. Check here:

http://www.wildlifetrails.co.uk/india/kaziranga.htm

There isn't even 110 tigers in Kaziranga. And that is debatable, some say it is as low as 50.

http://www.dnaindia.com/i...ion-in-the-world_1376993

From the above study/test done, 144-km2 of land in Kaziranga had 38 individual tigers, and that was in the most populated parts of Kaziranga, with the more Eastern parts almost vast of tigers. They concluded this with camera traps.

None of them are collared, either, and they live in the dense jungle, how many do you think would be reported? Not even 1/4 of mortalities would probably even be noticed and reported..forest guards would help that 1 quarter of it, though.


79% of the lions had wounds from other lions..
.79 x 39 = 30.81 per 2000-km2 (number of space is 2000-km2, and only 30.81 lions (after calculating) died by other lions)

2000-km2/430-km2 = 4.65116279 (2000-km2 is is what the space of the lion study was experimented on in the Serengeti, 430-km2 is the total size of Kaziranga Park. So the Serengeti is 4.65116279 times larger then Kaziranga, so we will take proportions..or else the study is just unfair and can't get you an accurate conclusion)

4.65116279/number of lions killed which = 30.81 lions killed by other lions, so 4.65116279/30.81 = 6.6 deaths per year with the same size territory as tigers, and these lions were radio collared, the tigers weren't. Do you get it? Since the lions were in a 2000km2 area, taking numbers in equal proportion, and then dividing the density to each other to get a fair result. We are making it fair by comparing territory & density sizes.

That means, 6.6 lions ---- 13 tigers.

http://animalsversesanimals.yuku.com/top...77wVrEysyg
This ^^ is the link to the forum discussion as well.

Hope this helps Apollo. Reply