Translocations and human-carnivore conflicts: Problem solving or problem creating?

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-224

  Fontúrbel, Francisco E ^a   Simonetti, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

compensation; felids; human related mortality; lethal control; predation; survival

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE;

EID: 79960811179     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/10-091     Document Type: Review

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