Wildlife laundering through breeding farms: Illegal harvest, population declines and a means of regulating the trade of green pythons (Morelia viridis) from Indonesia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3073-3081

  Lyons, Jessica A ^a   Natusch, Daniel J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eggshell method; Green python; Illegal; Indonesia; Laundering; Morelia viridis; Pet trade; Population decline; Wildlife farming

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; SNAKE; WILD POPULATION;

INDONESIA; JAKARTA; PAPUA [(PRV) INDONESIA]; WEST PAPUA;

ANIMALIA; MORELIA VIRIDIS; PYTHONIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 83555164947     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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