Wildlife sinks: Quantifying the impact of illegal bird trade in street markets in Brazil

Biological Conservation

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-22

  Regueira, Rodrigo Farias Silva ^a   Bernard, Enrico ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bird conservation; Conservation threats; Defaunation; Public policies; Wildlife traffic

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOT SPOT; MARKET SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING; SONGBIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO; RECIFE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; SPOROPHILA NIGRICOLLIS;

EID: 84859314630     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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