Recommended Literature:

 

AuthorTitle© Year
ISBNPublisher
Chivian E., Bernstein A. (ed.)Sustaining life, how human health depends on biodiversity2008978-0-19-517509-7Oxford University Press
Dick G., Gusset M. (Ed.)Building a Future for Wildlife:
Zoos and Aquariums committed to biodiversity conservation
2010978-3-033-02234-8World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Groombridge B., Jenkins M.D.
World atlas of biodiversity, earth's living resources in the 21st century20020-520-23668-8University of California Press
Karanth K.U.Tigers *2001978-1-84107-372-9Colin Baxter Photography Ltd
Kricher J.the Balance of Nature, ecology's enduring myth2009978-0-691-13898-5Princeton University Press
MA-panelMillenium Ecosystem Assessment
(synthesis reports available at MAweb.org)
20051-55963-386-7Island Press
Sunquist M., Sunquist F.Wild Cats of the World
the ultimate reference to every species worldwide
20020-226-77999-8The University of Chicago Press
Thapar V.The secret Life of Tigers, 2nd edition (2008) *19899778-0-19-569790-2Oxford University Press
Tilson R., Nyhus Ph.J. (Ed.)Tigers of the World
the science, politics, and conservation of Panthera tigris
2010978-0-8155-1570-8Academic Press
Wilson E.O.The future of life2002978-0-349-11579-5Abacus
     

* highly recommended



Goal: 7000 tigers in the wild

Tiger range countries map

 

"Tiger map" (CC BY 2.5) by Sanderson et al., 2006.

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