Using an energetic cost-benefit approach to identify ecological traps: The case of the African wild dog

Animal Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 359-366

  van der Meer, Esther ^a,b   Rasmussen, G S A ^a   Fritz, H ^b,c  

^a Painted Dog Conservation   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c CNRS HERD Project   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

African wild dog; Cost benefit analysis; Ecological trap; Energetics; Habitat quality; Human altered habitats; Hunting success; Source sink

Indexed keywords

CANID; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGETICS; HABITAT QUALITY; HUNTING; MORTALITY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAPPING;

HWANGE NATIONAL PARK; MATABELELAND NORTH; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALIA; LYCAON PICTUS;

EID: 84938965460     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12182     Document Type: Article

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