Predicting ranchers' intention to kill jaguars: Case studies in Amazonia and Pantanal

Biological Conservation

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 213-221

  Marchini, Silvio ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Human wildlife conflict; Jaguar; Pantanal; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CATTLE; MORTALITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PREDICTION; PRIVATE LAND; RANCHING; SAFETY; SOCIAL IMPACT;

AMAZONIA; PANTANAL;

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EID: 84858151537     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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