Reducing human-elephant conflict: Do chillies help deter elephants from entering crop fields?

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Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-146

  Hedges, Simon ^a   Gunaryadi, Donny ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Bogor   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Crop raiding; Elephas maximus; Human wildlife conflict; Indonesia; Loxodonta africana; Sumatra; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ELEPHANT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURAL ENEMY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

INDONESIA; LAMPUNG; WAY KAMBAS NATIONAL PARK;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; SIRENIDAE;

EID: 77952504399     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309990093     Document Type: Article

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