The sustainability of subsistence hunting in the neotropics

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 977-982

  Alvard, Michael S ^a,b,c,d   Robinson, John G ^a,b   Redford, Kent H ^a,c   Kaplan, Hillard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLARED PECCARY; HUNTING; HUNTING PRESSURE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; RED BROCKET DEER; SPIDER MONKEY; SUBSISTENCE HUNTING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE HUNTING; WILDLIFE UTILISATION; WOOLLY MONKEY;

PERU;

ARANEAE; ATELES PANISCUS; ATELES SP.; CERVIDAE; LAGOTHRIX; LAGOTHRIX LAGOTRICHA; MAZAMA AMERICANA; PANISCUS; PECARI TAJACU; PRIMATES; TAYASSU;

EID: 0030877540     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96047.x     Document Type: Article

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