Aspects of the management of cheetahs, Acinonyx jubatus jubatus, trapped on Namibian farmlands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 401-412

  Marker, L L ^a,b   Dickman, A J ^a,b   Mills, M G L ^c   Macdonald, D W ^b  

^a CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND   (Namibia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cheetah; Fates; Namibian farmlands; Removals

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FELID; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DECLINE;

NAMIBIA;

ACINONYX JUBATUS;

EID: 0141537990     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00068-5     Document Type: Article

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