Conservation that's more than skin-deep: Alligator farming

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1663-1677

  Moyle, Brendan ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alligator; Black market; Conservation; Poaching; Sustainable use; Wildlife farming

Indexed keywords

BLACK MARKET; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CROCODILIAN; EXPLOITATION; POACHING; PRICE DYNAMICS; REARING; SKIN; SUSTAINABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS;

EID: 84880080308     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0501-9     Document Type: Article

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