References - Cat Specialist Group

Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica)
Reference List
1. Banerjee K. and Jhala Y.V. 2012. Demographic parameters of endangered Asiatic
lion (Panthera leo persica) in Gir Forests, India. Journal of Mammology, 93(6), 14201430.
2. Banerjee K. Jhala Y.V., Chauhan K.S. and Dave C.V. 2013. Living with lions the
economics of coexistence in the Gir Forests, India. PLos ONE 8(1), 1-11.
3. Berwick S. 1976. The Gir Forest: an endangered ecosystem. American Scientist 64,
28-40.
4. Chellam R. 1996. Lions of the Gir Forest. Wildlife Conservation, 40-43.
5. Chavan S. 1993. Life history information on P. l. persica. Estimating the carrying
capacity of lions in Gir. In Asiatic lion PHVA and GASP briefing book, Captive
Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley, Minnesota.
6. Dave C. and Jhala Y. V., 2011. Is competition with livestock detrimental for native wild
ungulates? A case study of chital (Axis axis) in Gir Forest, India. Journal of Tropical
Ecology, Volume 27, 239-247.
7. Divyabhanusinh C. 2005. The story of Asia's lions. Mumbai: Marg Publication, 259
pp.
8. Fouraker M. and Wildt D. 1992. Genetic and reproductive studies of Asiatic lions at
the Sakkarbaug Zoo and in the Gir Forest Sanctuary. In Wildt D.E., Mellen J.D. and
Seal U.S., eds. Felid action plan, 1991 and 1992: AAZPA Felid Taxon Advisory
Group regional collection plan and IUCN Captive Breeding Specialist Group global
felid action plan. National Zoological Park, Front Royal, Virginia, 38-40.
9. Gaur A., Kesaraju S., Singh A., Arunabala V., Satyarebala B. and Singh L. 2006.
Twenty polymorphic microsatellite markers in the Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica).
Conservation Genetics.
10. Gee E.P. 1975. Wild cats of the world. David and Charles, London.
11. Hatt R.T. 1959. The Mammals of Iraq. Museum of Zoology, Univ. of Michigan, Ann
Arbor.
12. Heaney G.F. 1943. Occurrence of lions in Persia. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 44, 467.
13. Heptner V.H. and Sludskii A.A. 1972. Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol III:
Carnivores (Feloidea). Vyssha Shkola, Moscow (in Russian). Engl. transl. edited by
Hoffmann R.S., Smithsonian Inst. and the Natl. Science Fndn., Washington DC,
1992.
14. Jackson P. 2007. Indian government acts to conserve last Asiatic lions. Cat News 46,
39.
15. Jhala Y.V., Chellam R., Pathak B., Meena V., Banerjee K. et al. 2011. Social
Organization and Dispersal of Asiatic Lions. Technical Report, Vol. I. submitted to the
Gujarat Forest Department. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra Dun, India, TR-2011/001,
163 pp.
16. Jhala Y.V., Mukherjee S., Shah N., Chauhan K.S., Dave C.V., Meena V. and
Banerjee K. 2009. Home range and habitat preference of female lions (Panthera leo
persica) in Gir forests, India. Biodiversity and Conservation 18, 3383-94.
17. Jhala Y., Chellam R. and Pathak B. 2009. Social Organization and Dispersal of
Asiatic lions. Report: 1-7. Dhera Dun: Wildlife Institute of India.
1
18. Jhala Y.V., Qureshi Q., Bhuva V. and Sharma L.N. 1999. Population estimation of
Asiatic lions. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 96(1), 3-15.
19. Johnsingh A.J.T., Qureshi Q. and Goyal S.P. 2005. Assessment of prey populations
for lion re-introduction in Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary, central India. Report submitted to
Government of India and Government of Madhya Pradesh Dehradun: Wildlife
Institute of India, 30 pp.
20. Johnsingh A.J.T. and Ravi Chellam. 1991. Asiatic lions. In Seidensticker J. and
Lumpkin S., eds. Great Cats. London, Merehurst, pp. 92-93.
21. Joslin P. 1973. The Asiatic lion: a study of ecology and behaviour. Ph.D. thesis, Univ.
of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
22. Joslin P. 1984. The evironmental limitations and future of the Asiatic lion. J. Bombay
Nat. Hist. Soc. 81, 648-664.
23. Karanth K.U. 1987. Tigers in India: a critical review of field censuses. In Tilson R.L.
and Seal U.S., eds. Tigers of the world: the biology, biopolitics, management and
conservation of an endangered species. Noyes, Park Ridge, New Jersey, pp. 118132.
24. Karanth K.U. 1988. Analysis of predator-prey balance in Bandipur Tiger Reserve with
reference to census reports. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 85, 1-8.
25. Khan J.A. 1995. Conservation and management of Gir lion sanctuary and national
park, Gujarat, India. Biol Conserv 73, 183-8.
26. Khan J.A., Rodgers W.A., Johnsingh A.J.T. and Mathur P.K. 1990. Gir lion project:
Ungulate habitat ecology in Gir. Unpubl. report, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra Dun.
27. Khudsar F.A., Sharma K., Rao R.J. and Chundawat R.S. 2008. Estimation of prey
base and its implications in Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary. Journal of the Bombay Natural
History Society 105(1), 42-8.
28. Kinnear N.B. 1920. The past and present distribution of the lion in south-eastern Asia.
J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 27, 33-39.
29. Meena V., Macdonald D. W. and Montgomery R. A., 2014. Managing success: Asiatic
lion conservation, interface problems and peoples’ perceptions in the Gir Protected
Area. Biological Conservation, Volume 174, 120-126.
30. Meena V., Jhala Y.V., Chellam R. and Pathak B. 2011. Implications of diet
composition of Asiatic lions for their conservation. J Zool ,Lond 284(1), 60-67.
31. Meena V. and Jhala Y.V. 2010. Radio-telemetry studies on lions in India. Telemetry in
Wildlife Science 13 (1) 45-47.
32. Meena V., 2009. Variation in Social Organization of Lions with particular reference to
the Asiatic Lions (Panthera leo persica) of the Gir Forest, India. Journal of
Threatened taxa, 1(3), 158-165.
33. Meena V. 2008. Reproductive Strategy and Behaviour of Male Asiatic Lions
dissertation. Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, 196 pp.
34. Meena V., Jhala Y.V., Chellam R., and Pathak B.J. 2007. Demography of the Asiatic
lions in the Gir Froest, India, 33.
35. Negi S.S. 1969. Transplanting of Indian lion in Uttar Pradesh state. Cheetal 12, 98101.
36. O’Brien S.J., Martenson J.S., Packer C., Herbst L., de Vos V., Joslin P., Ott-Joslin J.,
Wildt D.E. and Bush M. 1987b. Biochemical genetic variation in geographic isolates
of African and Asiatic lions. Nat.Geo.Res. 3(1), 114-124.
2
37. O’Brien S.J., Joslin P., Smith G.L. III, Wolfe R., Schaffer N., Heath E., Ott-Joslin J.,
Rawal P.P., Bhattacharjee K.K., and Martenson J.S. 1987c. Evidence for African
origins of founders of the Asiatic lion Species Survival Plan. Zoo Biology 6, 99-116.
38. Oza G.M. 1983 Deteriorating habitat and prospects of the Asiatic lion. Environ. Cons.
6(3), 349-352.
39. Rashid M.A. 1984. Notes on conservation of the Asiatic lion. In The plight of the cats:
proceedings of the meeting and workshop of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group at
Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India, 9-12 April 1984. Unpubl. report,
IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, Bougy-Villars, Switzerland, 111-114 pp.
40. Rashid M.A. 1991. Asiatic lion population up. Cat News 13, 12, Bougy-Villars,
Switzerland.
41. Ravi Chellam. 1987. Asiatic lion study. Cat News 6, 31. Bougy-Villars, Switzerland.
42. Ravi Chellam. 1993c. Ecology of the Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica). Ph.D.thesis,
Saurashtra Univ., Rajkot.
43. Ravi Chellam and Johnsingh A.J.T. 1993a. Management of Asiatic lions in the Gir
Forest, India. In Dunstone N. and Gorman M.L., eds. Mammals as predators. Proc.
Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond. 65. Clarendon, Oxford.
44. Ravi Chellam and Johnsingh A.J.T. 1993b. Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica).
Unpubl. data sheet, IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, Bougy-Villars, Switzerland.
45. Saberwal V.K., Gibbs J.P., Chellam R. and Johnsingh A.J.T. 1994. Lion-human
conflict in the Gir Forest, India. Conservation Biology 8(2), 501-7.
46. Saberwal V. 1990. Lion-human conflict around Gir. Bull. Wildlife Institute of India 5(5),
28-30.
47. Saxena R. 1994. Translocation of lions: Consideration of tiger's presence. Zoo's Print,
14.
48. Schnitzler A.E. 2011. Past and present distribution of the North African-Asian lion
subgroup: a review. Mammal Review, 1-24.
49. Sinha S.P. 1987. Ecology of wildlife with special reference to the lion (Panthera leo
persica) in Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, Saurashtra, Gujurat. Ph.D. thesis, Saurashtra
Univ., Rajkot.
50. Singh H.S. 2000. Gir lion - present scenario and future conservation strategy.
Manuscript.
51. Singh H.S. 1997. Population dynamics, group structure and natural dispersal of the
Asiatic lion Panthera leo persica. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 94,
65-70.
52. Singh H.S. and Kamboj R.D. 1996. Predation pattern of the Asiatic lion on domestic
livestock. Indian Forester, 869-76.
53. Srivastav A. 1997. Livestock predation by Gir lions and ecodevelopment. Tiger Paper
24(2), 1-5.
54. Trivedi P., Johnsingh A. J. T. and Pandav B. 2009. Walking with Pride. Rapid
Reconnaissance of Conservation Status of the Asiatic Lion. Report: 1-63. Nature
Conservation Foundation & World Wide Fund for Nature.
55. Üstay A.H. 1990. Hunting in Turkey. BBA, Istanbul.
56. Walker S. 1990. The king retreats: from his sub-continental hunting grounds the
Asiatic lion has been pushed into the restricted environs of the Gir. Illustrated Weekly
of India, 2 September 1990.
3
57. Walker S. 1994. Executive summary of the Asiatic lion PHVA. First draft report. Zoo’s
Print Jan/Feb: 2-22 (Coimbatore, India).
58. Wildt D.E., Bush M., Goodrowe K.L., Packer C., Pusey A.E., Brown J.L., Joslin P. and
O’Brien S.J. 1987b. Reproductive and genetic consequences of founding isolated lion
populations. Nature 329, 328-331.
59. Wildt D.E., Mellen J.D. and Seal U.S. eds. 1992a. Felid action plan, 1991 and 1992:
AAZPA Felid Taxon Advisory Group regional collection plan and IUCN Captive
Breeding Specialist Group global felid action plan. National Zoological Park, Front
Royal, Virginia.
60. Winter-Blyth M.A. and Dharmakumarsinhji K.S. 1949. The Gir forest and its lions. J.
Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 49, 456-470.
4