Multipack dynamics and the Allee effect in the African wild dog, Lycaon pictus

Animal Conservation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 277-285

  Courchamp, Franck ^a,b   Clutton Brock, Tim ^a   Grenfell, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LYCAON PICTUS;

EID: 0001482010     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943000001001     Document Type: Article

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