Illegal wildlife use and protected area management in Ghana

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1906-1918

  Jachmann, Hugo ^a  

^a SNV Ghana ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elephants; Habitat; Law enforcement; Poaching; Resource allocation; Staff performance; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ELEPHANT; HABITAT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAMMAL; NATURE CONSERVATION; POACHING; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAVANNA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 46949096771     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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