Conservation is constrained by the limited budgets available to counter the many threats to
biodiversity. Non-compliance with regulations is a major threat to conservation in nearly …

The last National Forest Inventory of Sierra Leone took place more than four decades ago in
1975. There appears to be no legal definition of “forest” in Sierra Leone and it is sometimes …

In the late-1990s anthropologists James Fairhead and Melissa Leach declared in a series of
seminal publications that mainstream understandings of Sierra Leonean forest cover history …

The impacts of war and violent conflicts on biodiversity may vary widely across time and
different contexts. However, our understanding of the complex effects of war is limited in …

Understanding sensitive behaviors—those that are socially unacceptable or non-compliant
with rules or regulations—is essential for creating effective interventions. Sensitive …

Bushmeat hunting poses a huge challenge for biodiversity conservation, but bushmeat is
also an important source of essential protein in many locations. Although war may have …

This dissertation describes models, estimation methods, and testing procedures for count
data that build upon classic generalized linear models, including Gaussian, Poisson, and …