Human-wildlife conflict in the Kingdom of Bhutan: Patterns of livestock predation by large mammalian carnivores

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1272-1282

  Sangay, Tiger ^a,b   Vernes, Karl ^b  

^a Tiger Conservation Program and Fund   (Bhutan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bear; Compensation; Depredation; Himalayas; Hotspot; Leopard; Tiger

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; CARNIVORE; CATTLE; FELID; LIVESTOCK; PREDATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ASIA; BHUTAN; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA;

BOS; BOS GRUNNIENS; EQUIDAE; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; UNCIA UNCIA; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 44149098023     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.02.027     Document Type: Article

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