Science and the Recreational Hunting of Lions

Recreational Hunting, Conservation and Rural Livelihoods: Science and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 108-124

  Loveridge, Andrew J ^a   Packer, Craig ^b   Dutton, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

African trophy hunting on basis of licences and quotas and quota setting; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Cougar Management Guidelines Working Group, 2005; Forest Stewardship Council (FSC); Hunting lions for sport; Science and recreational hunting of lions; Trophy hunter behaviour monitoring; Trophy hunting and impact on lion populations; Trophy hunting as Problem Animal Control (PAC) operations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855648285     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303179.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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