The impact of land reform on the status of large carnivores in Zimbabwe

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Volumn 2016, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Williams, Samual T ^a,b,c   Williams, Kathryn S ^a,b   Joubert, Christoffel J ^d   Hill, Russell A ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LAJUMA RESEARCH CENTRE   (South Africa)

^c Dambari Wildlife Trust   (Zimbabwe)

^d Selati Game Reserve   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Carnivore; Land reform; Resettlement; Spoor; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARNIVORE; HABITAT; HUMAN; MODEL; WILDLIFE;

EID: 84955616887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1537     Document Type: Article

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