Crop protection and conflict mitigation: Reducing the costs of living alongside non-human primates

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2569-2587

  Hill, Catherine M ^a   Wallace, Graham E ^a,b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baboon; Behaviour; Chimpanzee; Conservation; Crop raiding; Deterrent; Farmer; Guenon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION STATUS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; PRIMATE; SOCIAL CONFLICT; TOLERANCE;

ASIA; BUDONGO FOREST RESERVE; UGANDA;

PAN; PAPIO; PRIMATES;

EID: 84865404826     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0318-y     Document Type: Article

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