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Community, lions, livestock and money: a spatial and social analysis of attitudes to wildlife and the conservation value of tourism in a human-carnivore conflict in Botswana
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We quantified livestock (cattle, shoats, horses and donkeys) losses to lions (Panthera leo) and attitudes to lions, livestock losses and tourism among livestock owners, village residents and tourism workers around Makgadikgadi Pans National Park in Botswana. Losses were not correlated with the size or structure of livestock enclosures, numbers of dogs or herders. Rather losses increased with the amount of livestock owned. Most were stray animals preyed upon at night. Attitudes to wil...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Karin Taylor
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Wildlife Café
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Dixon Atkinson
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Peoples Trust for Endangered Species
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Rufford Foundation
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Biological Conservation Journal website
- Volume:
- 142
- Issue:
- 11
- Pages:
- 2718-2725
- Publication date:
- 2009-11-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0006-3207
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:3704
- Deposit date:
- 2010-04-30
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- Elsevier Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2009
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