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Title: Predator mediated indirect effects of livestock on native prey
Authors: Vijayan, Sundararaj
Keywords: Livestock in protected areas;Predation & indirect interactions;Predation & habitat selection;Domestic & native prey in protected areas;Native herbivores;Livestock-killing carnivores
Issue Date: 10-Nov-2012
Abstract: Livestock are common in many protected areas and due to their negative effects pose a considerable challenge to protected area managers attempting to conserve native ecosystems. Negative effects include resource competition with native herbivores, habitat modification, and conflicts between pastoralists and livestock-killing carnivores. A literature review on livestock in conservation areas indicates that research has predominantly focused on negative effects which are known to be major threats to the survival of many mammalian prey and predator species. However the potential role of predator-mediated indirect interactions between native herbivores and livestock via shared predation has been overlooked or ignored in natural areas dominated by human-livestock settlements.
URI: http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/258
metadata.etd.degree.discipline: Forestry
metadata.etd.degree.name: Ph.D.
metadata.etd.degree.level: Doctoral
metadata.dc.contributor.advisor: Morris, Douglas
McLaren, Brian
metadata.dc.contributor.committeemember: Hecnar, Stephen
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