Domestic dogs in rural communities around protected areas: Conservation problem or conflict solution?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sepúlveda, Maximiliano A ^a,e   Singer, Randall S ^a,b   Silva Rodriǵuez, Eduardo ^c   Stowhas, Paulina ^d   Pelican, Katharine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR   (Chile)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CARNIVORE; CHILE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY FARMING; PREDATION; PREY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; URBAN AREA; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHILE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84905229368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086152     Document Type: Article

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