Limiting Depredation by African Carnivores: The Role of Livestock Husbandry

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1521-1530

  Ogada, Mordecai O ^a,b   Woodroffe, Rosie ^c   Oguge, Nicholas O ^b   Frank, Laurence G ^d  

^a MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PREDATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; LAIKIPIA [LAIKIPIA (DST)]; LAIKIPIA [RIFT VALLEY]; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; FELIDAE; OVIS ARIES; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 0348103723     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2003.00061.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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