Elephant damage and safari hunting in Pterocarpus angolensis woodland in northwestern Matabeleland, Zimbabwe

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 380-388

  Campbell, B M ^a   Butler, J R A ^a   Mapaure, I ^a   Vermeulen, S J ^a   Mashove, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Forestry Commission Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

elephant; hunting; Pterocarpus angolensis; trophies; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

AFRICAN ELEPHANT; ECONOMICS; HUNTING; RECRUITMENT; TREE MORTALITY; TROPHY HUNTING; WILDLIFE DAMAGE;

ZIMBABWE, MATABELELAND;

EID: 0030301336     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1996.tb00633.x     Document Type: Article

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