Herdsmen's attitudes towards rangeland fencing, protection of Przewalski's gazelle and control of wolf predation on livestock

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-29

  Shi, Jianbin ^a   You, Wenyuan ^b   Lu, Feiying ^b   Zhang, Zihui ^b   Li, Xiaowen ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

grazing pastures; interviews; questionnaire

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; OVIS ARIES; PROCAPRA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 84923654467     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ14055     Document Type: Article

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