Trade in night monkeys Aotus spp. in the Brazil-Colombia-Peru tri-border area: International wildlife trade regulations are ineffectively enforced

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-149

  Maldonado, Angela M ^a   Nijman, Vincent ^a   Bearder, Simon K ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biomedical research; CITES; Primate conservation

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BORDER REGION; CITES; CONSERVATION STATUS; CURRENCY DEVALUATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LABORATORY METHOD; PRIMATE; TRADE FLOW; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; PERU;

ANIMALIA; AOTUS (PRIMATE); AOTUS NANCYMAAE; AOTUS NIGRICEPS; AOTUS VOCIFERANS; PRIMATES;

EID: 77952264229     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00209     Document Type: Article

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