Behaviour and ecology of the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) in a human-dominated landscape outside protected areas

Animal Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-121

  Ashenafi, Zelealem Tefera ^a,b,c   Coulson, Tim ^a,d   Sillero Zubiri, Claudio ^e   Leader Williams, Nigel ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c ETHIOPIAN WOLF CONSERVATION PROGRAMME   (Ethiopia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOME RANGE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; BALE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

BOS TAURUS; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS SIMENSIS; MACROCEPHALUS; RODENTIA; TACHYORYCTES MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 19644397931     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943005001952     Document Type: Article

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