Relative effectiveness of guarding-dog breeds to deter predation on domestic sheep in Colorado

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 706-714

  Andelt, William F ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Akbash dog; Animal damage management; Black bears; Canis latrans; Coyotes; Great Pyrenees; Komondor; Mountain lions; Predation; Puma concolor; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

PEST CONTROL; PREDATOR; SHEEP;

EID: 0033435134     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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