Perceived conflicts between pastoralism and conservation of the kiang Equus kiang in the Ladakh Trans-Himalaya, India

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 934-941

  Bhatnagar, Yash Veer ^a   Wangchuk, Rinchen ^b   Prins, Herbert H T ^c   Van Wieren, Sipke E ^c   Mishra, Charudutt ^a  

^a NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^b Ibex Hotel Complex Leh   (India)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conflicts; Equus kiang; Ladakh; Livestock; Nomads; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARMS;

CONFLICTS; EQUUS KIANG; LADAKH; NOMADS; PASTORALISM;

BIODIVERSITY;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HORSE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATURE CONSERVATION; PASTORALISM;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORAGE YIELD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERD; IMMIGRATION; INDIA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIVESTOCK; PASTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WAR;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EQUIDAE; INDIA; OBSERVATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; LADAKH HIMALAYAS;

EQUUS KIANG;

EID: 33751229043     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0356-2     Document Type: Review

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