Nilambur Elephant Reserve

Nilambur Elephant Reserve is a wildlife reserve in Kerala, India. [1][2][3]

Nilambur Elephant Reserve
LocationNilambur, Kerala
Nearest cityNilambur
Area1,419 km2 (548 sq mi)

It has a total area of 1419 (sq. km2). [4][5]

History

The Nilambur Elephant Reserve was created by the government of Kerala on 2002-04-02 as part of the 'Project Elephant' scheme. [6][7]

The reserve spreads across the districts of Palakkad, Malappuram and Kozhikkode.[6]

Fauna

In 2011 the reserve had a total density of 0.1745 elephants per km.[8] As of 2017 the density is 0.25 elephants per km. [9]

In a 2010 study the elephant population was observed at being either 205 or 647 depending on the use of the block count or dung count method respectively. [8]


Elephant population in Nilambur Elephant Reserve
 [8] 2005 2007 2010 2017
Block 28187205
Line-Transect 334663647

References

  1. Venugopal, P. (2011-11-03). "Wild elephant population stable in Kerala: census". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  2. Viju, B.; Oppilil, P. (2015-08-13). "100 elephants killed in 2 years across south". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. Manoj, E.M (May 11, 2017). "Elephant census begins on May 17 in Kerala". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  4. Ghosh, Asish Kumar (2008-01-01). A Comprehensive Handbook on Biodiversity. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), 2008. p. 62. ISBN 9788179931653.
  5. Sharma, P.D (2005). Ecology and the Environment. Meerut: Rastogi publications, 2005. p. 325. ISBN 9788171339051.
  6. Ghosh, Arin; Baskaran, N. (2007-08-27). "Southern India Project Elephant evaluation report" (PDF). asiannature.org. Asian Nature Conservation Foundation. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  7. "Protected area network of Kerala". Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  8. Perinchery, Aathira (19 August 2017). "Kerala's elephant population goes up". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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