Can the restrictive harvest period policy conserve mopane worms in southern Africa? A bioeconomic modelling approach

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 587-600

  Akpalu, Wisdom ^a   Muchapondwa, Edwin ^b   Zikhali, Precious ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE; HEXAPODA; IMBRASIA BELINA; LEPIDOPTERA; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 71749119259     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X0900518X     Document Type: Article

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