Livestock predation by the painted hunting dog Lycaon pictus in a cattle ranching region of Zimbabwe: A case study

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 133-139

  Rasmussen, G S A ^a  

^a Natural History Museum   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Cattle predation; Cattle rustling and poaching; Lycaon pictus; Nyamandlovu; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; LIVESTOCK; PREDATION;

ZIMBABWE;

LYCAON PICTUS;

EID: 0032966509     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00006-8     Document Type: Article

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