Free-ranging dogs and wildlife conservation /

Dogs are the world's most common and widespread carnivores and are nearly ubiquitous across the globe. The vast majority of these dogs, whether owned, pure-bred or stray, spend a large portion of their life as unconfined, free-roaming animals, persisting at the interface of human and wildlife c...

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Other Authors: Gompper, Matthew Edzart (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Dogs are the world's most common and widespread carnivores and are nearly ubiquitous across the globe. The vast majority of these dogs, whether owned, pure-bred or stray, spend a large portion of their life as unconfined, free-roaming animals, persisting at the interface of human and wildlife communities. Their numbers are particularly large throughout the developing world. This book provides a review of the effects of dogs on native wildlife species.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 312 pages) : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191810183
0191810185
0191640107
9780191640100