The role of Thailand in the international trade in CITES-listed live reptiles and amphibians

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Nijman, Vincent ^a   Shepherd, Chris R ^a,b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRAFFIC Southeast Asia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; ASIA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KAZAKHSTAN; MACAO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; REPTILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THAILAND; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; BREEDING; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEBANON; MADAGASCAR;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BREEDING; COMMERCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTERNATIONALITY; LEBANON; MACAU; MADAGASCAR; REPTILES; THAILAND;

EID: 79953045819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017825     Document Type: Article

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