Detecting and understanding non-compliance with conservation rules

Biological Conservation

Volumn 189, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-4

  Solomon, Jennifer N ^a   Gavin, Michael C ^a,c   Gore, Meredith L ^b  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Compliance; Conservation; Illegal; Illicit; Methods; Natural resources; Non compliance; Rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960801379     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.04.028     Document Type: Editorial

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