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S. A. Paranjpe , A. P. Gore , M. G. Gogate

Abstract

Various methods and rules of tiger pugmarks have been used by foresters to represent male or female tiger. Some of the methods have not been tried and tested on pugmarks of animals of known sex. The present paper indicated a simple intuitive method and Bhattacharya method of classification of male and female tiger pugmarks in a more elaborate graphical technique and their application in forests.

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A. P. Gore ¹, Shobha Tilve ¹, Madhav Kulkarni ¹

Affiliations
1 Biometry Department, Maharashtra Association for Cultivation of Science, Pune-4, IN

Abstract

Thirty eight million tribals in India constitute seven per cent of the population and the largest group of aboriginals in any country'. Problems of socioeconomic developments of this group have received considerable attention in the post independence India. Nutritionists have also been interested in studying this social group. It is generally recognised that as a result of extreme poverty, intake of various essential constituents of food may be inadequate among tribals in India and abroad.

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