The cost of conserving livestock diversity? Incentive measures and conservation options for maintaining indigenous Pelón pigs in Yucatan, Mexico

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 339-353

  Pattison, J ^a   Drucker, A G ^b   Anderson, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Research Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation strategies; Genetic resources; Livelihoods; Livestock

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RURAL POPULATION; SWINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34447646863     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9022-4     Document Type: Article

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