Free-ranging domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) as predators and prey in rural Zimbabwe: Threats of competition and disease to large wild carnivores

Biological Conservation

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 369-378

  Butler, J R A ^a   Du Toit, J T ^b   Bingham, J ^c  

^a Spey Fishery Board Research Office   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Australian Animal Health Laboratory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canid disease; Dogs; Predation; Wild carnivores; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; PREDATION;

ZIMBABWE;

CANIDAE; CANIS ADUSTUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CANIS MESOMELAS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; HYAENA; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA PARDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0242381895     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00152-6     Document Type: Article

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