Lions and Warriors: Social factors underlying declining African lion populations and the effect of incentive-based management in Kenya

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2428-2437

  Hazzah, Leela ^a,e   Borgerhoff Mulder, Monique ^b   Frank, Laurence ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^e Living with Lions   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Compensation; Conservation; Depredation; Human wildlife conflict; Maasai

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FELID; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INCENTIVE; LIVESTOCK; LOCAL EXTINCTION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

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

PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 69249206509     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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