Impacts of Management Practices on Lion and Ungulate Habitats in Gir Protected Area

Contents: I. Introduction: 1. General. 2. Vegetation ecology. 3. Large mammal ecology. 4. Animal-habitat ecology. 5. Management history of Gir. 6. Need for this study. 7. Objectives. 8. Organization of the report. II. Study area: 1. General. 2. Topography and drainage. 3. Geology and soils. 4. Climate. 5. Vegetation. 6. Mammals. 7. People. 8. Visitors. 9. Research inputs. III. Methods: 1. Selection of study sites. 2. Environmental factors. 3. Vegetation parameters. 4. Ungulate habitat utilization. 5. Temporal variation. 6. Analysis. 7. Summary. IV. Vegetation structure and classification: 1. Introduction. 2. Methods. 3. Results. 4. Discussion. 5. Summary. V. Habitat utilization by ungulates: 1. Introduction. 2. Methods. 3. Results. 4. Discussion. 5. Summary. VI. Impact of management practices: 1. Introduction. 2. Methods. 3. Results. 4. Discussion. 5. Summary. VII. Conclusions and recommendations: 1. Introduction. 2. Vegetation management. 3. Maldhari relocation. 4. Water management. 5. Grass harvesting. 6. Fire management. References. Appendices.