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Lions (Panthera leo) specialising on a marine diet in the Skeleton coast park, Namibia / Philip E. Stander

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Windhoek: Environmental Information Service, 2019Description: 10 pages, figures, tables; 30 cmISSN:
  • 2026-8327
Subject(s): Summary: The Skeleton Coast National Park in the northwest of Namibia supports a small population of African lions (Panthera leo) that are adapted to the harsh hyper-arid conditions. After a period of prolonged human-lion conflict during the 1980s lions disappeared from the Skeleton Coast for more than a decade. Due to favourable conditions, such as the development of communal conservancies and the growth of tourism in the area, lion populations started to recover along the Skeleton Coast in 2002.
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Periodicals Periodicals Namibia Scientific Society Library Periodicals Reference PER 945 Namibian Journal of Environment (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan

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The Skeleton Coast National Park in the northwest of Namibia supports a small population of African lions (Panthera leo) that are adapted to the harsh hyper-arid conditions. After a period of prolonged human-lion conflict during the 1980s lions disappeared from the Skeleton Coast for more than a decade. Due to favourable conditions, such as the development of communal conservancies and the growth of tourism in the area, lion populations started to recover along the Skeleton Coast in 2002.

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