Making sense of human–elephant conflict in Laikipia County, Kenya

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Making sense of human–elephant conflict in Laikipia County, Kenya. / Bond, Jennifer Lauren.

In: Society and Natural Resources, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2015, p. 312-327.

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Harvard

Bond, JL 2015, 'Making sense of human–elephant conflict in Laikipia County, Kenya', Society and Natural Resources, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 312-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2014.948238

APA

Bond, J. L. (2015). Making sense of human–elephant conflict in Laikipia County, Kenya. Society and Natural Resources, 28(3), 312-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2014.948238

Vancouver

Bond JL. Making sense of human–elephant conflict in Laikipia County, Kenya. Society and Natural Resources. 2015;28(3):312-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2014.948238

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Bond, Jennifer Lauren. / Making sense of human–elephant conflict in Laikipia County, Kenya. In: Society and Natural Resources. 2015 ; Vol. 28, No. 3. pp. 312-327.

Bibtex

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