The impact of free-roaming dogs on gazelle kid/female ratio in a fragmented area

Biological Conservation

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-236

  Manor, Regev ^a   Saltz, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Free roaming dogs; Kid female ratio; Mountain gazelle; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CULLING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; RECRUITMENT; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GAZELLA; GAZELLA GAZELLA; UNGULATA;

EID: 2942706158     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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