Use of an action-selection framework for Human-carnivore conflict in the bangladesh sundarbans

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1338-1347

  Barlow, Adam C D ^a,b   Greenwood, Christina J ^b   Ahmad, Ishtiaq U ^a,c   Smith, James L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Forest Department of Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Action selection; Cost effectiveness; Decision support tool; Human carnivore conflict; Panthera tigris; Sundarbans

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CARNIVORE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FELID; LIVESTOCK; MORTALITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONFLICT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIGER;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; TIGERS;

BANGLADESH; SUNDARBANS;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 77957167052     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01496.x     Document Type: Article

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