Hunting, Law Enforcement, and African Primate Conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 565-571

  N'Goran, Paul K ^a,b,c,d   Boesch, Christophe ^a,b,c   Mundry, Roger ^a   N'Goran, Eliezer K ^e   Herbinger, Ilka ^c   Yapi, Fabrice A ^f   Kühl, Hjalmar S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c Wild Chimpanzee Foundation s/c CSRS   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f Office Ivoirien des Parcs et Réserves   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Density gradient; Long term presence; Monitoring; Population size; Ranger patrols; Spatial eigenvector; Spatial modeling; Ta National Park

Indexed keywords

BUSHMEAT; EIGENVALUE; FOREST COVER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MONITORING; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CERCOPITHECIDAE; COTE D'IVOIRE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COTE D'IVOIRE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

COTE D'IVOIRE; TAI NATIONAL PARK;

CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS CAMPBELLI; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS SP.; HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS;

EID: 84861183211     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01821.x     Document Type: Article

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