Trade bans: A perfect storm for poaching?

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 245-254

  Conrad, Kirsten ^a  

^a AsiaCat ^*

Author keywords

CITES; Illegal market; Inelastic demand; Poaching; Trade ban

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866561935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291200500302     Document Type: Article

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