Human-gelada baboon conflict in and around the Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-282

  Yihune, Mesele ^a   Bekele, Afework ^a   Tefera, Zelealem ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Afro alpine Ecosystem Conservation Project FZS   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Gelada baboon; Human wildlife conflict; Simien Mountains

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; FECES; LAND USE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRIMATE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; VILLAGE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SIMEN MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HORDEUM; PAPIO; THEROPITHECUS GELADA;

EID: 69049113148     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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