Acknowledgements
This study was funded by Wildlife Institute India, M.Sc. program fund
and Maharashtra Forest
Department,D-22(8)/WL/Reseach/CT-722/(12-13)/2934/2013. We thank Dean
and Director, Wildlife Institute of India for institutional support. We
thank the Chief wildlife Warden and Chief Conservator of Forest, Tadoba
Andhari Tiger Reserve and Nawegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra
State, for granting permission and facilitation of the study. We thank
Nucharin Songsassen for her data inputs. We thank Nilanjan Chatterjee
and Nakul Markandey for their help with GIS work. We thank Naman Goyal,
Kumar Ankit and Akanksha Saxena for giving valuable inputs to improve
the manuscript.