Maintaining complex relations with large cats: Maasai and lions in Kenya and Tanzania

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 332-346

  Goldman, Mara J ^a   de Pinho, Joana Roque ^b   Perry, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Human wildlife conflict; Kenya; Lions; Maasai; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957697674     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2010.506671     Document Type: Article

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