Indexing small mammalian carnivores in the southern Kalahari, South Africa

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-79

  Blaum, Niels ^a   Engeman, Richard M ^b   Wasiolka, Bernd ^a   Rossmanith, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PATCH DYNAMICS; RANGELAND; RESOURCE USE; SAVANNA; SMALL MAMMAL; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 40849139276     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07023     Document Type: Article

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