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[Rishi]

(03-21-2017, 09:54 PM)Brehm Wrote: But the more interesting part is this graphic:

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Corbett is now the reserve with the highest tiger density, i really missed something. Question is, why corbett isnt turning to a battleground with its 210 tigers like kaziranga and nowadays ranthambore?

@Pckts here's why..

Good effort but the graphic is not as cool as it looks!!!
There's a lot of misinformation here...The journalist did only a basic research & cooked up a confusing report!!!..

1. There is NO driest & hottest, the whole "Western India Tiger Landscape" has similar dry-deciduous vegetation & climate.

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2. They have taken the numbers too literally...right from the internet.

U see, only Bandipur TR area is stated right (but they missed that it is a part of a 5000sq.km landscape & shares half of its tigers with adjoining Nugu, Mudumalai, Nagarhole (Rajiv Gandhi NP), Wayanad, Malai-Mahadeshwara (marked "Talaimalai" after administrative district name)..

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Rest are all wrong... 
Kaziranga National Park is 460sq.km...But the Tiger Reserve combined with the adjoining Sanctuary is 858sq.km.
http://natureconservation.in/kaziranga-n...l-updated/
(I'm even totally ignoring the Karbi-Anglong hills landscape to the south..)

Similarly, corbett NP is about 500sq.km. (part of core area) but the total Tiger Reserve is more than 1500sq.km!!! Also the tigers live in adjoining Lansdowne & Ramnagar Reserve Forests as well.




Edit: Plus the tigers are NOT EVENLY-DISTRIBUTED...A small region of inviolate forest, might be prime territory with 1tiger/10sq.km but not all of it!!!.. Reply