Innovative Techniques for Estimating Illegal Activities in a Human-Wildlife-Management Conflict

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cross, Paul ^a   St John, Freya A V ^b   Khan, Saira ^c   Petroczi, Andrea ^c,d  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BRIEF IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST; CATTLE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN BADGER; FEMALE; HERD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); ILLEGAL KILLING; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE QUESTIONING; RANDOMIZED RESPONSE TECHNIQUE; VACCINATION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; CATTLE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSTELIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BOS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 84872474307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053681     Document Type: Article

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