Journal article
Devaluing rhino horns as a theoretical game
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The poaching of rhinos has increased dramatically in recent years, creating an ongoing problem and cost to rhino managers. A manager may decrease the reward to the poacher by devaluing the horn such as dehorning so that only a stub is left, or inserting a poison, dye or GPS tracker. However, as it is impossible to remove all value of the horn (a stub remains, poison fades, or GPS trackers can be removed) a poacher may still kill the rhino for the partial gain from the horn, and to avoid track...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 966.3KB)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.06.009
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Ecological Modelling Journal website
- Volume:
- 337
- Pages:
- 73-78
- Publication date:
- 2016-06-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-06-15
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0304-3800
- Source identifiers:
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637658
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- Elsevier BV
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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- © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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