The role of saiga poaching in rural communities: Linkages between attitudes, socio-economic circumstances and behaviour

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1442-1449

  Kühl, Aline ^a   Balinova, Natasha ^b   Bykova, Elena ^c   Arylov, Yuri N ^d   Esipov, Alexander ^c   Lushchekina, Anna A ^e   Milner Gulland, E J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ETHNOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Institute of Zoology Tashkent Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences   (Uzbekistan)

^d Centre for Wild Animals of the Republic of Kalmykia   (Russian Federation)

^e SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antelope; Central Asia; Exploitation; Horn; Russia; Steppe

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HORN; HUNTING; POACHING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESOURCE USE; RUMINANT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STEPPE;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA; USSR;

SAIGA; SAIGA TATARICA;

EID: 67349104438     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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