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Lion-Tiger and Tiger-Lion Hybrids [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1893
SINCE the date of my previous communication on the above subject (see NATURE, p. 390) I have had some correspondence with Mr. John Atkins, son of Mr. Thomas Atkins, the result of which has been not only to clear up several discrepancies which I pointed out as occurring in the previously published accounts by Sir Wm. Jardine and Mr.
openaire   +1 more source

Direct evidence of an extra-intestinal cycle of Toxoplasma gondii in tigers (Panthera tigris) by isolation of viable strains

open access: yesEmerging Microbes and Infections, 2019
Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in the world. Felines excrete environmentally resistant Toxoplasma gondii oocysts. However, there is no direct evidence to prove tigers are the intermediate host of T. gondii.
Yurong Yang   +7 more
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Patterns of livestock depredation by tiger (Panthera tigris) and leopard (Panthera pardus) in and around Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand, India. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
India with estimated more than 2000 tigers (across 18 states) accounts for more than half of the remaining tigers across its range countries. Long-term conservation requires measures to protect the large carnivores and its prey base beyond the Protect ...
Harendra Singh Bargali, Tanveer Ahmed
doaj   +1 more source

Thinking Through the Tiger: Korean Cultural Identity, Space, and Time

open access: yesHumanities
In the region of Northeast Asia, Korea has been identified as a nation that has a distinctive affinity for tigers. Koreans’ lives are deeply ingrained with emotions and thoughts related to tigers, even though they have completely disappeared from Korea ...
Eunkyung Yi
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Tiger density, movements, and immigration outside of a tiger source site in Thailand

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2021
Landscape‐scale strategies for conserving wild tigers emphasize the role of core breeding populations (source sites) to replenish surrounding areas which have lost tigers.
Worrapan Phumanee   +6 more
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Paper Tigers comes to Boston [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The film "Paper Tigers" came to Boston in honor of Human Rights Day.Boston Public Schools Parent ...
Boston University Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground
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Canine Distemper Virus: an Emerging Disease in Wild Endangered Amur Tigers (Panthera tigris altaica)

open access: yesmBio, 2013
Fewer than 500 Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) remain in the wild. Due to low numbers and their solitary and reclusive nature, tiger sightings across their range in the Russian Far East and China are rare; sightings of sick tigers are rarer still ...
Tracie A. Seimon   +9 more
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Ecological thresholds and large carnivores conservation: Implications for the Amur tiger and leopard in China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The ecological threshold concept describes how changes in one or more factors at thresholds can result in a large shift in the state of an ecosystem. This concept focuses attention on limiting factors that affect the tolerance of systems or organisms and
Holyoak, M, Jiang, G, Ning, Y, Qi, J
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Can Domestication of Wildlife Lead to Conservation? The Economics of Tiger Farming in China [PDF]

open access: yes
Tigers are a threatened species that might soon disappear in the wild. Not only are tigers threatened by deteriorating and declining habitat, but poachers continue to kill tigers for traditional medicine, decoration pieces and so on.
Brant Abbott, G. Cornelis van Kooten
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Niche overlap and competition potential among tigers (Panthera tigris), sabertoothed cats (Homotherium ultimum, Hemimachairodus zwierzyckii) and Merriam's Dog (Megacyon merriami) in the Pleistocene of Java [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
On Java during the Pleistocene, tigers of more than 300 kg occurred, but these are restricted to a single Late Pleistocene faunal unit, while Early and Middle Pleistocene tigers possessed body masses comparable to those of historic Javanese and extant ...
Geer, Alexandra-van-der   +2 more
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