Journal of
Ecology and The Natural Environment

  • Abbreviation: J. Ecol. Nat. Environ.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9847
  • DOI: 10.5897/JENE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 408

Full Length Research Paper

Attacks on humans and retaliatory killing of wild carnivores in the eastern Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania

Franco P. Mbise
  • Franco P. Mbise
  • Department of Biology, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, University of Dodoma, P. O. Box 338, Dodoma, Tanzania.
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  •  Received: 14 July 2021
  •  Accepted: 27 September 2021
  •  Published: 30 September 2021

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