A framework for investigating illegal wildlife trade on social media with machine learning

Conservation Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 210-213

  Di Minin, Enrico ^a,b   Fink, Christoph ^a   Hiippala, Tuomo ^a   Tenkanen, Henrikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; LEGAL SYSTEM; MACHINE LEARNING; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRADE FLOW; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MACHINE LEARNING; SOCIAL MEDIA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MACHINE LEARNING; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85056473340     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13104     Document Type: Article

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