The effects of one-off ivory sales on elephant mortality

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 613-618

  Bulte, Erwin H ^a   Damania, Richard ^b   Van Kooten, G Cornelis ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elephant conservation; Illicit ivory trade; Loxodonta africana; One off ivory sale; Smuggling

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELEPHANT; IVORY; MORTALITY; POACHING; SMUGGLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 41549088367     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2005-721     Document Type: Article

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