Livestock protection dogs in the 21st century: Is an ancient tool relevant to modern conservation challenges?

BioScience

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 299-308

  Gehring, Thomas M ^a   Vercauteren, Kurt C ^b   Landry, Jean Marc ^c  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Institute for the Promotion and Research on Guarding Animals   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disease; Livestock protection dogs; Predation; Wildlife damage management

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 77950919231     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2010.60.4.8     Document Type: Article

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