Emerging conflicts between biodiversity conservation laws and scientific research: The case of the Czech entomologists in India

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1328-1330

  Kothamasi, David ^a   Kiers, E Toby ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; ENTOMOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESEARCH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONFLICT; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOLOGY; INDIA; MANPOWER; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENTOMOLOGY; INDIA;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349196023     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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