Ecological and economic analysis of poaching of the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in Nepal

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1693-1707

  Poudyal, Mahesh ^a   Rothley, Kristina ^b   Knowler, Duncan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipoaching policies; Economic incentives; Nepal; Poisson regression; Rhino conservation; Rhinoceros unicornis; Royal Chitwan National Park; Simulation modeling

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAMMAL; NATIONAL PARK; POACHING; POISSON RATIO; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRIME; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NEPAL; PERISSODACTYLA; POLICY; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRIME; ECOSYSTEM; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NEPAL; PERISSODACTYLA; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; LUMBINI; NEPAL; ROYAL CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA;

RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS;

EID: 70349305210     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0009.1     Document Type: Article

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