Censusing rainforest game species with communal net hunts

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Noss, Andrew J ^a  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society Eastern Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Atherurus; BaAka; Cephalophus; Counts; Density

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; RAINFOREST; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA;

ATHERURUS AFRICANUS; CEPHALOPHUS CALLIPYGUS; CEPHALOPHUS DORSALIS; CEPHALOPHUS MONTICOLA;

EID: 0033058463     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.1999.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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