Dog invasion in agroforests: The importance of households, roads and dog population size in the surroundings

Dogs are considered an invasive species, whose presence in natural habitats adversely affects wildlife. We investigate the effects of household and road proximity, and of dog population size in the surroundings on the invasion of cacao agroforest by dogs, and evaluate if dogs raised in the vicinity...

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Main Authors: Cláudia Lilian Alves dos Santos, Ana Paula Silva, Sirleide Batista dos Santos, Renata Pardini, Camila Righetto Cassano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064417300627