Global trends and factors associated with the illegal killing of elephants: A hierarchical bayesian analysis of carcass encounter data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Burn, Robert W ^a   Underwood, Fiona M ^a   Blanc, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; ANIMAL RIGHTS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CARCASS; CAUSAL MODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCESS MONITORING; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TIME; TREND STUDY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; STATISTICS;

ELEPHANTIDAE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELEPHANTS; INTERNATIONALITY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 80052408597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024165     Document Type: Article

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