Combining multi-scale socio-ecological approaches to understand the susceptibility of subsistence farmers to elephant crop raiding on the edge of a protected area

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1149-1158

  Guerbois, Chloé ^a,b,c   Chapanda, Eunice ^b   Fritz, Hervé ^b,c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Main Camp Research Hwange National Park   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Ecology of fear; Endogenous processes; Human Wildlife Conflict; Hwange National Park; Integrated conservation; Land use planning; Participatory experiment; Soft fence; Traditional guarding methods

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COEXISTENCE; CROP DAMAGE; ELEPHANT; FOOD SECURITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LAND USE PLANNING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PROTECTED AREA; REFUGIUM; RISK FACTOR; TERRITORY; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

HWANGE NATIONAL PARK; MATABELELAND NORTH; ZIMBABWE;

ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 84866552134     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02192.x     Document Type: Article

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