The economic costs of wildlife predation on livestock in Gokwe communal land, Zimbabwe.

By J. Butler. 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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In Ecology

1. B. Kissui
2. J. Lee-Thorp
3. D. Codron
4. R. Kays
5. J. R. A. Butler
6. Bruce D. Patterson
7. Jacqui Codron
8. M. Sponheimer

In Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

1. B. Kissui
2. R. Kays
3. J. Lee-Thorp
4. J. R. A. Butler
5. M. Sponheimer
6. J. T. Toit

Citations in the corpus

• Stable isotope characterization of mammalian predator–prey relationships in a South African savanna (2007, background): “Another concern for wildlife management planning is that carnivores are often implicated in the killing of domestic livestock, but it has been difficult to quantify the magnitude of this problem (Butler 2000).”
• Spatial, temporal, and physical characteristics of livestock depredations by large carnivores along a Kenyan reserve border (2006, unknown): “…as periods of increased carnivore conflict (Rudnai, 1979; Patterson et al., 2004), some previous researchers have been unable to associate rainfall with depredation frequency (Rudnai, 1979), while others have found the highest rates of depredation in the dry season (Butler, 2000; Ikanda, 2005).”
• Livestock predation by lions, leopards, spotted hyenas, and their vulnerability to retaliatory killing in the Maasai steppe, Tanzania (2008, background): “Patterson et al. (2004) reported annual losses of 2.4% for all livestock in ranches in south-eastern Kenya, and Butler (2000) reported 5% losses in Zimbabwe’s Gokwe community lands.”
• Diet of free‐ranging domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) in rural Zimbabwe: implications for wild scavengers on the periphery of wildlife reserves (2002, background): “Livestock predation by lions (Panthera leo), leopards (P. pardus), spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) and male baboons (Papio ursinus) occurred throughout the study (Butler, 2000).”
• Livestock predation by lions (Panthera leo) and other carnivores on ranches neighboring Tsavo National ParkS, Kenya (2004, background): “If native ungulates scatter as soon as temporary pools become filled, there should be no lag between precipitation events and attacks on livestock, as would be expected if rainfall stimulated fast vegetative growth that in turn offered cover to ambush-dependent predators (Butler, 2000).”