Acknowledgements
We are thankful to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change (MOEFCC) and Maharashtra Forest Department (MFD) for the
permissions to collar animals and conduct research. National Tiger
Conservation Authority (NTCA), Department of Science and Technology
(DST), Govt. of India and MFD are duly acknowledged for the funding
provided to carry out research. We are also grateful to the Field
Directors, DFOs, RFOs, forest guards, watchers and our field assistants
for providing the necessary help on field throughout the study. We thank
the Director, Dean and Research Co-Ordinator of the Wildlife Institute
of India and Chief Wildlife Warden, Govt. of Maharashtra for supporting
the study. Finally, we thank our families, friends and colleagues for
bearing with our long absences and quirks as we tracked radio-collared
animals in remote areas.