Survivorship and causes of mortality for livestock-guarding dogs on Namibian rangeland

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 337-343

  Marker, Laurie L ^a   Dickman, Amy J ^a   Macdonald, David W ^b  

^a CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND   (Namibia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatolian Shepherd; Cheetah; Livestock loss; Namibia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CANID; CAUSE OF DEATH; LIVESTOCK; MORTALITY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 23744438567     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2005)058[0337:SACOMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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