Can landscape use be among the factors that potentially make some ungulates species more difficult to conserve?

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 410-419

  Attum, O ^a,b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Capra nubiana; Gazella gazella; Hunting; Livestock; Off road vehicle access

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GOAT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; LANDSCAPE; LIVESTOCK; MOUNTAIN REGION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNGULATE;

AR RIYAD [SAUDI ARABIA]; ASIA; EURASIA; IBEX RESERVE; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

AGONIDAE; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA NUBIANA; GAZELLA GAZELLA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33846636491     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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