Complex ecological pathways underlie perceptions of conflict between green turtles and fishers in the Lakshadweep Islands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 167, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-34

  Arthur, Rohan ^a,b   Kelkar, Nachiket ^a   Alcoverro, Teresa ^a,b   Madhusudan, M D ^a  

^a NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conflict perceptions; Fisheries; Green turtles; Human wildlife conflict; Indirect pathways; Seagrass meadows

Indexed keywords

CATCH STATISTICS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HERBIVORY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OVERGRAZING; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; TURTLE;

AGATTI; AMINDIVI ISLANDS; INDIA; KADMAT; LAKSHADWEEP;

EID: 84882765761     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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