Sport hunting, predator control and conservation of large carnivores

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Packer, Craig ^a   Kosmala, Margaret ^a   Cooley, Hilary S ^b   Brink, Henry ^c   Pintea, Lilian ^d   Garshelis, David ^e   Purchase, Gianetta ^f   Strauss, Megan ^a   Swanson, Alexandra ^a   Balme, Guy ^g   Hunter, Luke ^g   Nowell, Kristin ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Wildlife Demographics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d The Jane Goodall Institute   (United States)

^e MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^f The Zambesi Society   (Zimbabwe)

^g PANTHERA   (United States)

^h Cat Action Treasury   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; FELIDAE; INFANTICIDE; LION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PUMA; SPORTING EVENT; ANIMAL; BEAR; CARNIVORA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MALE; PANTHERA; SPORT;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PANTHERA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPORTS; URSIDAE;

EID: 67650178397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005941     Document Type: Article

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