Contrasts in availability and consumption of animal protein in Bioko Island, West Africa: The role of bushmeat

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 340-348

  Albrechtsen, Lise ^a   Fa, John E ^b   Barry, Brigid ^c   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal protein; Bushmeat; Equatorial Guinea; Household income; Livestock rearing; Meat consumption

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; MEATS; SALES;

ANIMAL PROTEIN; BUSHMEAT; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LIVESTOCK REARING; MEAT CONSUMPTION;

PROTEINS;

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BUSHMEAT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ISLAND; LIVESTOCK; MARKET; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTEIN; TRADE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MEAT; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILD SPECIES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; BIOKO; CENTRAL AFRICA; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33646891954     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892906002694     Document Type: Article

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