Do wildlife laws work? Species protection and the application of a prey choice model to poaching decisions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1557, 2004, Pages 2631-2636

  Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^a   De Merode, Emmanuel ^a   Cowlishaw, Guy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Human hunters; Optimum diet model; Wildlife law enforcement

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; POACHING;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MARKETING; MODEL; POACHING; PREDICTION; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECONOMICS; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MAMMAL; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBSERVATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 16644402303     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2915     Document Type: Article

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