230
approximated 300 km
2
(in India) (Table 4). In a separate but simultaneous exercise
in Royal Manas NP, camera trapping was undertaken by the Department of
Agriculture, Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) in collaboration with the Ugyen
Wangchuk Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) and the Bhutan
Foundation, specifically to monitor the tiger population (Fig. 1). This study focused
only on the camera trapping undertaken in Manas NP.
Table 4 Summary of camera trapping in IBMTCL
Total number of camera traps
102
a
Sampling occasion
64 days
Sampling effort (number of traps × sampling occasion)
5955
Camera trap polygon area
436.37 km
2
Estimated buffer width (HMMDM)
4.2 km
Effective sampled area
789.2 (±50.98) km
2
a 78 in or near the border of Manas NP
Fig. 1 The location of camera traps placed at IBMTCL between November 2010 and February
2011
S. Ghosh and R. Lucas
approximated 300 km
2
(in India) (Table 4). In a separate but simultaneous exercise
in Royal Manas NP, camera trapping was undertaken by the Department of
Agriculture, Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) in collaboration with the Ugyen
Wangchuk Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) and the Bhutan
Foundation, specifically to monitor the tiger population (Fig. 1). This study focused
only on the camera trapping undertaken in Manas NP.
Table 4 Summary of camera trapping in IBMTCL
Total number of camera traps
102
a
Sampling occasion
64 days
Sampling effort (number of traps × sampling occasion)
5955
Camera trap polygon area
436.37 km
2
Estimated buffer width (HMMDM)
4.2 km
Effective sampled area
789.2 (±50.98) km
2
a 78 in or near the border of Manas NP
Fig. 1 The location of camera traps placed at IBMTCL between November 2010 and February
2011
S. Ghosh and R. Lucas