People, predators and perceptions: Patterns of livestock depredation by snow leopards and wolves

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 550-560

  Suryawanshi, Kulbhushansingh R ^a,b   Bhatnagar, Yash Veer ^a,b   Redpath, Stephen ^c   Mishra, Charudutt ^a,b  

^a NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^b Snow Leopard Trust   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Capra ibex; Human wildlife conflict; Large carnivores; Panthera uncia; Pseudois nayaur; Trans Himalaya

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORRELATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LIVESTOCK; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; PASTORALISM; PREDATION RISK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCKING DENSITY; SURVEYING; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE; WILD POPULATION;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

BOS GRUNNIENS; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CAPRA IBEX; EQUIDAE; FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PSEUDOIS NAYAUR; UNCIA UNCIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84878168475     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12061     Document Type: Article

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