Predicting the patterns, perceptions and causes of human-carnivore conflict in and around Machiara National Park, Pakistan

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2076-2082

  Dar, Naeem Iftikhar ^a,b   Minhas, Riaz Aziz ^a   Zaman, Qamar ^a   Linkie, Matthew ^b  

^a Machiara National Park   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Livelihood; Livestock; Panthera; Predator; Ursus; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; FELID; LIVESTOCK; MORTALITY; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; AZAD KASHMIR; EURASIA; MACHIARA NATIONAL PARK; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

CAPRA HIRCUS; FELIDAE; OVIS ARIES; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; URSUS;

EID: 68549118788     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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