Limitation of African wild dogs by competition with larger carnivores

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 526-538

  Creel, Scott ^a   Creel, Nancy Marusha ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN WILD DOG; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LION; SPOTTED HYAENA; WILD DOG;

TANZANIA, SELOUS GAME RESERVE;

CROCUTA CROCUTA; LYCAON PICTUS; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 0029752850     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020526.x     Document Type: Article

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