Threat of rapid extermination of the lion (Panthera leo leo) in Waza National Park, Northern Cameroon

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 888-894

  Tumenta, P N ^a,b   Kok, J S ^a   Van Rijssel, J C ^a   Buij, R ^a,b   Croes, B M ^a,b   Funston, P J ^c   De Iongh, H H ^a   Udo De Haes, H A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^c TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Lion population decline; Retaliatory killings

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION RISK; FELID; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIVESTOCK; POACHING; POPULATION DECLINE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CAMEROON; EXTREME NORD PROVINCE; WAZA NATIONAL PARK;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO LEO;

EID: 78349242511     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01181.x     Document Type: Article

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