Trading on extinction: An open-access deterrence model for the South African abalone fishery

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages

  Crookes, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Illegal harvesting; Predator prey; Rhino; System dynamics; Table Mountain National Park

Indexed keywords

POACHING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROBABILITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SNAIL; SUSTAINABILITY; UNGULATE;

SOUTH AFRICA; TABLE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; WESTERN CAPE;

DICEROS BICORNIS; HALIOTIDAE; HALIOTIS MIDAE; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 84962174326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2016/20150237     Document Type: Review

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