Wolf Depredation Trends and the Use of Fladry Barriers to Protect Livestock in Western North America

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1538-1547

  Musiani, Marco ^a   Mamo, Charles ^b   Boitani, Luigi ^c   Callaghan, Carolyn ^d   Gates, C Cormack ^a   Mattei, Livia ^e   Visalberghi, Elisabetta ^f   Breck, Stewart ^g   Volpi, Giulia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b S Alberta Conservation Cooperative   (Canada)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Central Rockies Wolf Project   (Canada)

^e Min Politiche Agric e Forestali   (Italy)

^f INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); CANID; CONSERVATION; LIVESTOCK; PREDATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0347473814     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2003.00063.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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