Domestic dogs in rural communities around protected areas: conservation problem or conflict solution?

Although domestic dogs play many important roles in rural households, they can also be an important threat to the conservation of wild vertebrates due to predation, competition and transmission of infectious diseases. An increasing number of studies have addressed the impact of dogs on wildlife but...

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Main Authors: Maximiliano A Sepúlveda, Randall S Singer, Eduardo Silva-Rodríguez, Paulina Stowhas, Katharine Pelican
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3896434?pdf=render