Fig. 1

Seasonality of breeding and fawning in chital (Axis axis) as indexed by proportion of different antler stages of males and lactating females in relation to resource availability indexed by NDVI in Kanha Tiger Reserve. The bars show the proportion of males in different antler stages in the population. The blue line indicates the NDVI value for each month, and the red line represents the proportion of lactating females in the population. The dotted lines indicate the standard errors for the NDVI and the proportion of lactating females.