Impact of fencing on the conservation of wildlife habitat in a sub-mountainous open scrub forest

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-24

  Hameed, Mansoor ^a   Naz, Nargis ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^a,b   Aqeel Ahmad, M Sajid ^a   Nawaz, Tahira ^a   Chaudhry, Abdul Aleem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Punjab Wildlife and Parks Department   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fencing; Habitat quality; Ovis vignei punjabiensis; Plant diversity; Punjab urial; Scrub forest

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; MAMMAL; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SCRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WILD POPULATION;

PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

ALECTORIS CHUKAR; AMMOPERDIX GRISEOGULARIS; FELIDAE; FRANCOLINUS FRANCOLINUS; FRANCOLINUS PONDICERIANUS; LEPUS NIGRICOLLIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS VIGNEI; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 84865959250     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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