Table 3. Abundance of bonnet macaque groups encountered in different protected areas of Karnataka.

State	Name of PA/RF	Forest type	No. of km	No. of groups	Groups/km	Density	Source
Goa	Mollem NP, Bhagwan Mahaveer WLS, Bondla WLS, Mhadei WLS, Cotigao WLS, Netravali WLS	EGF+ MDF +DDF	149	11	0.073	-	Senguptha and Radhakrishna[40]
Karnataka	Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple TR	EGF+ MDF +DDF	795	43	0.030	6.56	Kumara et al.[41]
Karnataka	Bannerghatta NP	DDF+SCR+PLA	170	2	0.011	-	Kumara et al. [42]
Karnataka	Bandipur TR	MDF+DDF	245	8	0.033	-	Kumara et al. [26]
Karnataka	Nagarahole TR	MDF+DDF	261	9	0.034	-	Kumara et al. [26]
Karnataka	Brahmagiri WLS	EGF	118	8	0.068	-	Kumara et al. [26]
Karnataka	Talakaveri WLS	EGF	302	23	0.076	-	Kumara et al. [26]
Karnataka	Pushpagiri WLS	EGF	184	6	0.037	-	Kumara et al.[26]
Karnataka	Kudremukh NP	EGF	526	14	0.026	-	Netalkar and Kumara[43]
Karnataka	Someshwara WLS	EGF+AG	63	8	0.126	-	Netalkar and Kumara [43]
Karnataka	Mookambika WLS	EGF+AG	93	18	0.193	-	Netalkar and Kumara[43]
Karnataka	Bhadra TR	EGF+ MDF +DDF	473	Less detection	-	Could not estimate	Jathanna et al. [43]
Karnataka	Sharavathi Valley WLS	EGF+AG	186	31	0.167	-	Kumara et al.[26]
Karnataka	Aghanashini LTM-CR	EGF+AG	481	100	0.208	12.40	Bapureddy et al.[44]
Tamil Nadu	Indira Gandhi WLS	EGF+ MDF+DDF+SCR+PLA	185	12	0.066	-	Kumar et al. [45]
Tamil Nadu	Meghamalai WLS	EGF+ MDF +DDF+SCR+PLA	204	18	0.088	-	Kumara et al. [42]
Tamil Nadu	Kalkad-Mundnthurai TR	EGF+ MDF +DDF+SCR	353	<5	0.011	Could not estimate	Ramesh et al.[39]

NP: National Park; WLS: Wildlife Sanctuary; TR: Tiger Reserve; CR: Conservation Reserve