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.