Benefits and costs of illegal grazing and hunting in the Serengeti ecosystem

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 326-332

  Nyahongo, J W ^a   East, M L ^b   Mturi, F A ^c   Hofer, H ^b  

^a TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Illegal hunting; Livestock grazing; Natural resources; Serengeti ecosystem

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECOSYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES; PARKS;

ILLEGAL HUNTING; LIVESTOCK GRAZING; SERENGETI ECOSYSTEM;

FARMS;

GRAZING; HERBIVORE; HUNTING; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PROTECTED AREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; COSTS; ECOSYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646888825     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892906002566     Document Type: Article

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