Modelling the effect of individual strategic behaviour on community-level outcomes of conservation interventions

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 305-315

  Keane, Aidan ^a,c,d   Jones, Julia P G ^b   Milner Gulland, E J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agent based model; community conservation; compliance; incentives; poaching; rule enforcement

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; COMPLIANCE; INCENTIVES; POACHING; RULE ENFORCEMENT;

POLLUTION;

CONSERVATION;

COMPLIANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POACHING; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE USE;

EID: 84868268305     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892912000124     Document Type: Article

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