Perceptions of human-carnivore conflicts in the high Andes of Argentina

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-85

  Lucherini, Mauro ^a   Merino, María José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Andean cat; Argentina; Carnivores; Conservation; Culpeo fox; Interviews; Pampas cat; Perceptions; Puma

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CANIDAE; CITRUS MACROPHYLLA; FELIDAE; LEOPARDUS; ONCIFELIS COLOCOLO; OREAILURUS JACOBITA; PSEUDALOPEX; PSEUDALOPEX CULPAEUS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 39849099095     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.0903     Document Type: Article

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