Cable snares and bushmeat markets in a central African forest

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 228-233

  Noss, Andrew J ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Central African Republic; Cephalophus; Dzanga Sangha Ndoki; Market surveys

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD MARKET; HUNTING; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; WILDLIFE;

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 0031716702     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892998000289     Document Type: Article

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