Managing bushmeat hunting in Okapi Wildlife Reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-144

  Wilkie, David S ^a   Curran, Bryan ^b   Tshombe, Richard ^b   Morelli, Gilda A ^c  

^a Forest Research and Development   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSHMEAT; HUNTING; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

(DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC); CONGO; OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE;

OKAPIA JOHNSTONI;

EID: 0031966834     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1998.d01-23.x     Document Type: Article

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