Rates and causes of mortality in Endangered African wild dogs Lycaon pictus: Lessons for management and monitoring

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Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-223

  Woodroffe, Rosie ^a   Davies Mostert, Harriet ^b   Ginsberg, Joshua ^c   Graf, Jan ^d   Leigh, Kellie ^e   McCreery, Kim ^f   Mills, Gus ^b   Pole, Alistair ^g   Rasmussen, Gregory ^h   Robbins, Robert ^f   Somers, Michael ⁱ   Szykman, Micaela ^j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST   (South Africa)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e African Wild Dog Conservation   (Zambia)

^f African Wild Dog Conservancy   (United States)

^g Ballantyne Park   (Zimbabwe)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^j SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

African wild dog; Carnivore; Human wildlife conflict; Intraguild predation; Lycaon pictus; Radio telemetry; Snare; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LYCAON PICTUS;

EID: 34547428929     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307001809     Document Type: Article

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