Effects of hunting with hounds on a non-target species living on the edge of a protected area

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 641-649

  Grignolio, Stefano ^a   Merli, Enrico ^b   Bongi, Paolo ^a   Ciuti, Simone ^a,c   Apollonio, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Wildlife Service   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation policies; Hunting techniques; Hunting with hounds; Protected area; Reserve effect; Roe deer

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOME RANGE; HUNTING; LAGOMORPH; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PIG; PROTECTED AREA; REFUGE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; LEPUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 78751575854     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.10.022     Document Type: Article

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