Management of free-ranging lions on an enclosed game reserve

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-33

  Kettles, Ross ^a   Slotow, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Contraception; Hunting; Makalali; Management intervention; Panthera leo; Relocation; Removal; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; DISEASE SPREAD; FELID; HUNTING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; PREY CAPTURE; PROTECTED AREA; RELOCATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 70349303314     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3957/056.039.0103     Document Type: Article

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