Hierarchical multi-species modeling of carnivore responses to hunting, habitat and prey in a West African protected area

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Burton, A Cole ^a,b   Sam, Moses K ^c   Balangtaa, Cletus ^c   Brashares, Justin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMASS; CARNIVORE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GHANA; HABITAT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; PREY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CARNIVORY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LEGAL ASPECT; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MAMMALIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CARNIVORY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GHANA; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861610857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038007     Document Type: Article

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