Cattle depredation by puma (Puma concolor) and jaguar (Panthera onca) in central-western Brazil

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-125

  Palmeira, Francesca B L ^a   Crawshaw Jr , Peter G ^b   Haddad, Claudio M ^c   Ferraz, Katia Maria P M B ^c   Verdade, Luciano M ^c  

^a Research Department   (Brazil)

^b IBAMA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cattle breeding season management; Cattle production; Human wildlife conflict; Landscape; Livestock depredation; Wild felids conservation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BREEDING SEASON; CATTLE; FELID; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MORTALITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PREDATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS; FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 36549025395     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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