Farmer perceptions of crop damage by wildlife in Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, Bhutan

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 359-365

  Wang, Sonam W ^a,c   Curtis, Paul D ^b,d   Lassoie, James P ^a  

^a Ministry of Agriculture   (Bhutan)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*

^d Wildlife Damage Management Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Crop damage; Farmers; Interviews; Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park; Wildlife; Wildlife damage management

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; LEGISLATION; MAMMAL; PROTECTED AREA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; BHUTAN; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS UNICOLOR; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MUNTIACUS MUNTJAK; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33745620053     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[359:FPOCDB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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