Determinants of Persistence and Tolerance of Carnivores on Namibian Ranches: Implications for Conservation on Southern African Private Lands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lindsey, Peter Andrew ^a,b   Havemann, Carl Peter ^a   Lines, Robin ^c   Palazy, Lucille ^d   Price, Aaron Ernest ^e   Retief, Tarryn Anne ^a   Rhebergen, Tiemen ^f   van der Waal, Cornelis ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b PANTHERA   (United States)

^c Namibian Nature Foundation   (Namibia)

^d Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive   (France)

^e Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g Vanderwaal and Associates Agri ecological Services   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORISM; BIOMASS; CARNIVORA; CARNIVORE; CHEETAH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYAENA; LAND USE; LION; LIVESTOCK; NAMIBIA; PREDATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WILD ANIMAL; WILDLIFE;

ACINONYX; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; HYAENIDAE; LIONS; LIVESTOCK; NAMIBIA; PANTHERA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CROCUTA CROCUTA; LYCAON PICTUS; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA PARDUS; PARAHYAENA BRUNNEA;

EID: 84872231000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052458     Document Type: Article

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