Livestock husbandry as a tool for carnivore conservation in Africa's community rangelands: A case-control study

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1245-1260

  Woodroffe, Rosie ^a,b   Frank, Laurence G ^b,c   Lindsey, Peter A ^b,d   Ole Ranah, Symon M K ^b   Romañach, Stephanie ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Save Valley Conservancy   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

African lion; African wild dog; Carnivore conservation; Cheetah; Community conservation; Human wildlife conflict; Livestock depredation; Livestock husbandry; Predator control; Vertebrate pest management

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; FELID; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATURE CONSERVATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR CONTROL; RANGELAND; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; FELIDAE; LYCAON PICTUS; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA PARDUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34248201722     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9124-8     Document Type: Article

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