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Karanth, K.U.
Scientific technical issues involved in monitoring tiger populations in India
2005 Full Book
The subject of monitoring changes in animal populations across space and time (at different places and/or at different times) to either answer biological questions or to assess management effectiveness, is a well developed field of scientific endeavor with a substantial accumulated body of theoretical and practical knowledge on both the ecological and statistical issues involved (Seber 1982, Williams et al. 2002). Rather than trying to reinvent this scientific wheel, my recommendations herein are based on this existing strong foundation of peer-reviewed science. Therefore, I have chosen to examine the tiger monitoring issue in its entire scientific and historical context in India, and not merely restricted myself to commenting on the non-peer reviewed, unpublished, "Technical Note" (Jhala et al. 2005) and "Field guide" (Gopal et al. 2004) sent to me by the Tiger Task Force (TTF) for comments.
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