A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Distance Friction and the Cost of Hunting in Tropical Forest
Authors: Siren AH, Cardenas JC, Hamback P, Parvinen K
Publisher: UNIV WISCONSIN
Publication year: 2013
Journal: Land Economics
Journal name in source: LAND ECONOMICS
Journal acronym: LAND ECON
Number in series: 3
Volume: 89
Issue: 3
First page : 558
Last page: 574
Number of pages: 17
ISSN: 0023-7639
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.89.3.558
Abstract
Empirical studies of tropical forest hunting have shown the existence of marked spatial gradients of hunting effort, game harvest, and animal abundance, as hunters mostly hunt near villages, roads, and rivers. The mechanisms underlying these patterns have, however, hitherto been poorly known. This article presents a spatial bioeconomic model based on the concept of distance friction, that is, an increasing marginal cost of distance. The model is validated by comparison with an economic field experiment with Amazonian hunters and with previous empirical data on hunting.
Empirical studies of tropical forest hunting have shown the existence of marked spatial gradients of hunting effort, game harvest, and animal abundance, as hunters mostly hunt near villages, roads, and rivers. The mechanisms underlying these patterns have, however, hitherto been poorly known. This article presents a spatial bioeconomic model based on the concept of distance friction, that is, an increasing marginal cost of distance. The model is validated by comparison with an economic field experiment with Amazonian hunters and with previous empirical data on hunting.
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