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| Aziz, M.A. | |
| Population and genetic assessment of Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans Reserve Forest of Bangladesh | |
| 2015 Full Book | |
This report describes field activities in order to collect tiger faeces under the PhD project 'Population and Genetic Assessment of Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans Reserve Forest of Bangladesh' between 15 November 2014 and 12 March 2015. It also narrates progress so far made in relation to the proposed targets, including problems and constraints we have faced in the field, and the next course of actions for sample analysis. A small section provides brief update of sample analysis carried out to date. In the activity section, I have detailed on the selection of team members (field and research assistants, support staffs), hiring accommodation and survey boats, and overall orientation including the Global Positioning System (GPS) training of the team before commencing survey work. This section has provided summary activities explaining survey details in each sampling block, survey timeline, number of samples collected, sample quality, etc. I have also briefed about sampling strategy and efforts required to cover specified number of sampling grids by each team following basic capture recapture protocol. Report also portrayed two issues of activity changes regarding landscape sampling coverage and frequency of sampling sessions. The challenges we have faced during the surveys are also mentioned in the subsequent section. Remoteness of sampling blocks and vastness of the Sundarbans has presented potential logistical barriers to the survey teams. Fear of falling to dacoits and sudden attack of tigers in the forest also remained as an apparent threat to the survey teams, which sometimes have undermined survey efforts. |
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