Sequential foraging, itinerant fences and parrot poaching in Bolivia

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 314-335

  Pires, Stephen F ^a   Clarke, Ronald V ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation criminology; geographic information systems (GIS); itinerant fences; optimal foraging theory; parrots; situational prevention; wildlife poaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952954610     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azq074     Document Type: Article

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