The performance of electric fences as elephant barriers in Amboseli, Kenya

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-58

  Kioko, John ^a   Muruthi, Philip ^b   Omondi, Patrick ^c   Chiyo, Patrick I ^d  

^a SFS Centre for Wildlife Management Studies   (Kenya)

^b AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Kenya)

^c KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop raiding; Elephants; Fencing; Human elephant conflicts

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); CROP DAMAGE; ELEPHANT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 48749098025     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3957/0379-4369-38.1.52     Document Type: Article

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