Responses by households to resource scarcity and human-wildlife conflict: Issues of fortress conservation and the surrounding agricultural landscape

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-86

  Hartter, Joel ^a   Goldman, Abraham ^b   Southworth, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop raiding; Forest fragment; Kibale National Park; Livelihoods; Protected area; Superpixel; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WETLAND;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

ELEPHANTIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 79952363695     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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