Local perceptions of risk associated with poaching of wildlife implicated in human-wildlife conflicts in Namibia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 189, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-58

  Kahler, Jessica S ^a   Gore, Meredith L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African buffalo; African elephants; Conservancies; Conservation criminology; Hippopotamus; Retaliation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CROP DAMAGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POACHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER; VULNERABILITY;

NAMIBIA; ZAMBEZI;

LOXODONTA; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 84960804687     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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