Socio-spatial behaviour of an African lion population following perturbation by sport hunting

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-121

  Davidson, Zeke ^a   Valeix, Marion ^a   Loveridge, Andrew J ^a   Madzikanda, Hillary ^b   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ZIMBABWE PARKS AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Hwange; Moratorium; Panthera leo; Perturbation; Ranging behaviour; Trophy hunting; Waterholes

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FELID; HUNTING; MORTALITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; RANGE SIZE; VEGETATION COVER;

HWANGE NATIONAL PARK; MATABELELAND NORTH; ZIMBABWE;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 78751569820     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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