“Wilding the farm or farming the wild”? The evolution of scientific game ranching in South Africa from the 1960s to the present

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-181

  Frssaf, Jane Carruthers ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Game management; Game ranching; South Africa; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008844565     PISSN: 0035919X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00359190809519220     Document Type: Article

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