Distance Friction and the Cost of Hunting in Tropical Forest




Siren AH, Cardenas JC, Hamback P, Parvinen K

PublisherUNIV WISCONSIN

2013

Land Economics

LAND ECONOMICS

LAND ECON

3

89

3

558

574

17

0023-7639

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3368/le.89.3.558



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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