Livestock guard dogs reduce predation on domestic sheep in Colorado

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-267

  Andelt, William F ^a   Hopper, Stuart N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Akbash; Black bear; Canis latrans; Coyote; Dog; Felis concolor; Great Pyrenees; Komondor; Mountain lion; Sheep; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

LIVESTOCK FARMING; PEST CONTROL; PREDATION; SHEEP;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; FELIS; FELIS CONCOLOR; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PANTHERA LEO; PUMA CONCOLOR; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0033949762     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003429     Document Type: Article

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