Testing novel methods for assessing rule breaking in conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1025-1030

  St John, Freya A V ^a   Edwards Jones, Gareth ^a   Gibbons, James M ^a   Jones, Julia P G ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance; Conservation; Fishing; Illegal; Poaching; RRT

Indexed keywords

ACCESS RESTRICTION; COMPLIANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FISHING; POACHING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 77649233492     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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