Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) running the gauntlet: An evaluation of translocations into free-range environments in Namibia

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Volumn 2015, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Weise, Florian J ^a,b   Lemeris, Joseph R ^c   Munro, Stuart J ^a   Bowden, Andrew ^a   Venter, Cicelia ^a   van Vuuren, Marlice ^d   van Vuuren, Rudie J ^d  

^a N a'an ku se Research Programme   (Namibia)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^d N a'an ku se Foundation   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Acinonyx jubatus; Cheetah; Conflict; Management; Namibia; Relocation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEETAH; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITUATION; IMMOBILIZATION; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; PREY; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84946238912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1346     Document Type: Article

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