People and protected areas: A study of local perceptions of wildlife crop-damage conflict in an area bordering the Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania

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Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 316-325

  Gillingham, Sarah ^a   Lee, Phyllis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop damage; Selous Game Reserve; Tanzania; Wildlife conflict

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; PROTECTED AREA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; LINDI [TANZANIA]; SELOUS GAME RESERVE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 30344487735     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605303000577     Document Type: Review

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