Importance, cause and effect of bushmeat hunting in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania: Implications for community based wildlife management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 509-516

  Nielsen, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bushmeat hunting; CBWM; Tanzania; Udzungwa Mountains

Indexed keywords

BUSHMEAT; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPHUS MONTICOLA; POTAMOCHOERUS LARVATUS;

EID: 29944432810     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.017     Document Type: Article

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