Characteristics of human - sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) encounters and the resulting human casualties in the Kanha-Pench corridor, Madhya Pradesh, India

• Aniruddha H. Dhamorikar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aniruddha H. Dhamorikar, Prakash Mehta

  * E-mail: aniruddha.dhamorikar@gmail.com

  Affiliation The Corbett Foundation, Kanha Division, Madhya Pradesh, India

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4521-0859

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• Prakash Mehta ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aniruddha H. Dhamorikar, Prakash Mehta

  Affiliation The Corbett Foundation, Kanha Division, Madhya Pradesh, India

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• Harendra Bargali ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The Corbett Foundation, Corbett Division, Uttarakhand, India

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• Kedar Gore

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation The Corbett Foundation, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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