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Table 4 Comparison of demographic parameters of tigers from Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve with demographic parameters from published studies

From: Demography of a small, isolated tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) population in a semi-arid region of western India

Sources

Area (sub-species)

Litter size

Female age at 1st reproduction

Inter-birth intervals

Cub survival probability

Adult survival

(years)

(months)

Male

Female

Sankhala 1978 [67]

Zoo, India (Panthera tigris tigris)

2.9 (n = 49)

3–6 years

24–36

NA

NA

Smith & McDougal 1991 [30]

Wild, Nepal (P. T. tigris)

2.98 (n = 49)

3.4 years (n = 7)

21.6 (n = 7)

0.65

NA

Chundawat et al. 2002 [68]

Wild, India (P. t. tigris)

2.3 (n = 12)

NA

21.6 (n = 14)

NA

NA

Kerley et al. 2003 [33], Goodrich et al. 2008 [34]

Wild, Russia (P. T. altaica)

2.4 (± 0.6) (n = 16)

4 (± 0.4) years (n = 4)

21.4 (± 4.4) (n = 7)

0.53–0.59

0.63 (±0.2)

0.81 (±0.1)

Singh et al. 2013 [32]

Wild, India (P. t. tigris)

2.9 (± 0.2) (n = 18)

NA

25.2 (± 1.8) (n = 9)

NA

NA

Singh et al. 2013 [32]

Wild, India (P. t. tigris)

2.3 (±0.1) 2(n = 22)

NA

33.4 (± 3.7) (n = 7)

NA

NA

Present study

Wild, India (P. t. tigris)

2.24 (±0.14) (n = 33)

4.54 (± 0.3) years (n = 11)

29.6 (± 3.1) (n = 14)

0.85 (±0.02)

0.84 (±0.02)

0.88 (±0.01)

  1. NA not available