Size, rarity and charisma: Valuing African wildlife trophies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Johnson, Paul J ^a   Kansky, Ruth ^a   Loveridge, Andrew J ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BOVIDS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FELIDAE; PERCEPTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES RARITY; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYSIOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; FELIDAE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS;

EID: 77958455862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012866     Document Type: Article

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