Human-carnivore conflict: Ecological and economical sustainability of predation on livestock by snow leopard and other carnivores in the Himalaya

Sustainability Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 321-329

  Aryal, Achyut ^a   Brunton, Dianne ^a   Ji, Weihong ^a   Barraclough, Rosemary K ^b   Raubenheimer, David ^a,c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Depredation; Himalaya; Human wildlife conflict; Movement patterns; Snow leopard

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904150909     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-014-0246-8     Document Type: Article

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