Global trade in exotic pets 2006-2012

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 663-676

  Bush, Emma R ^a,b   Baker, Sandra E ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; CITES; Exotic pet trade; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GLOBAL TRADE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; BIRD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MAMMAL; PET ANIMAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REPTILE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MAMMALS; PETS; REPTILES;

EID: 84900447803     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12240     Document Type: Review

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