Andean bear-livestock conflicts: A review

Ursus

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-15

  Goldstein, Isaac ^a   Paisley, Susanna ^b   Wallace, Robert ^c   Jorgenson, Jeffrey P ^d,g   Cuesta, Francisco ^e   Castellanos, Armando ^f  

^a Edificio General Masini   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^d Wildlife Conservation Society Ecuador Program   (Ecuador)

^e Ecociencia: Fundacion Ecuatoriana de Estudios Ecologicos   (Ecuador)

^f Fundación Espíritu del Bosque   (Spain)

^g U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Andean bear; Bolivia; Colombia; Conflict; Depredation; Ecuador; Livestock; Management; Peru; Spectacled bear; Tremarctos ornatus; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; TREMARCTOS ORNATUS;

EID: 33646556704     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2006)17[8:ABCAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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