Resource wars and conflict ivory: The impact of civil conflict on elephants in the democratic republic of Congo - the case of the Okapi reserve

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Beyers, Rene L ^a   Hart, John A ^b   Sinclair, Anthony R E ^a   Grossmann, Falk ^c   Klinkenberg, Brian ^a   Dino, Simeon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Tshuapa Lomami Lualaba Project (TL2)   (Congo)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; WAR; ANIMAL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

ELEPHANTIDAE; OKAPIA JOHNSTONI;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; ELEPHANTS; WAR;

EID: 80655132037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027129     Document Type: Article

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