Land uses on the Botswana/Zimbabwe border and their effects on buffalo

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 136-150

  Hunter, C G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Land management; Landscape; Movement; Safari hunting; Syncerus caffer; Water availability

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN BUFFALO; DEVELOPING REGION; LAND USE IMPACT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LION; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; SAFARI HUNTING; WILDLIFE IMPACT;

BOTSWANA; ZIMBABWE;

BUBALUS; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA LEO; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 0030395697     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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