Contemporary Views of Human-Carnivore Conflicts on Wild Rangelands

Wild Rangelands: Conserving Wildlife While Maintaining Livestock in Semi-Arid Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 129-151

  Zimmermann, Alexandra ^a   Baker, Nick ^b   Inskip, Chloe ^c   Linnell, John D C ^d   Marchini, Silvio ^a   Odden, John ^d   Rasmussen, Gregory ^a   Treves, Adrian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bardia National Park and human tiger conflict in rangelands; Carnivore removal and ecosystem structure and function implications; Conflict mitigation techniques; Dynamics of human wildlife conflict; European lynx and conservation orientated legislation; Human and carnivore conflicts; Human carnivore conflicts on wild rangelands; Human dingo conflict and 'pest' dingo protection in Australia; Hunter versus predator wolves in North America; Spatial and ecological dynamics of human wild interfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948950790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444317091.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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