Assessing Patterns of Human-Wildlife Conflicts and Compensation around a Central Indian Protected Area

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Karanth, Krithi K ^a,b,c   Gopalaswamy, Arjun M ^b,d,e   DeFries, Ruth ^a   Ballal, Natasha ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Centre for Wildlife Studies   (India)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONFLICT; CROP; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GRAZING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INDIA; INJURY; LIVESTOCK; NATIONAL PARK; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; TIGER; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OWNERSHIP; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84870812512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050433     Document Type: Article

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