Do Ranger Stations Deter Poaching Activity in National Parks in Thailand?

Biotropica

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 826-833

  Jenks, Kate E ^a,b   Howard, Jogayle ^a   Leimgruber, Peter ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Khao Yai National Park; Maxent; Poaching; Spatial distribution model; Wildlife monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EDGE EFFECT; POACHING; POPULATION DECLINE; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; KHAO YAI NATIONAL PARK; THAILAND;

AGONIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 84868640375     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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