Human–wildlife conflict, benefit sharing and the survival of lions in pastoralist community-based conservancies

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1195-1205

  Blackburn, Sara ^a,b   Hopcraft, J Grant C ^a   Ogutu, Joseph O ^c   Matthiopoulos, Jason ^a   Frank, Laurence ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Living with Lions   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community conservation; conservation benefits; livestock; Maasai Mara; mark recapture; pastoral settlements; pastoralism; protected areas; retaliation; sight resight

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FELID; GRAZING; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LIVESTOCK; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASTORALISM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; PROTECTED AREA; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION COVER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

KENYA; MASAI MARA; NAROK;

EID: 84961794355     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12632     Document Type: Article

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