Snake prices and crocodile appetites: Aquatic wildlife supply and demand on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2127-2135

  Brooks, Sharon E ^a   Allison, Edward H ^a,b   Gill, Jennifer A ^a   Reynolds, John D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Consumer preferences; Crocodile farming; Exploitation; Price elasticity; Substitutability; Trade regulation; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; CROCODILIAN; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EXPLOITATION; HUNTING; MARKET SYSTEM; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRICE DYNAMICS; SNAKE; TRADE POLICY; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CAMBODIA; TONLE SAP LAKE;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); SERPENTES;

EID: 77955092836     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.05.023     Document Type: Article

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