The ecological and social context of mammal hunting in the coastal savanna of Ghana

Geoforum

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 667-680

  Campbell, Michael O'Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Duality; Ghana; Hunting; Livelihoods; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BUSHMEAT; HUNTING; MAMMAL; NATURE CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 28244493459     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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