Evaluating the sustainability of hunting: A comparison of harvest profiles across three Huaorani communities

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-45

  Franzen, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecuadorian Amazon; Game depletion; Harvest composition; Huaorani; Hunting sustainability; Neotropical primates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; PARKS; RIVERS; ROADS AND STREETS;

ECUADORIAN AMAZON; GAME DEPLETION; HARVEST COMPOSITION; HUAORANI; HUNTING SUSTAINABILITY; NEOTROPICAL PRIMATES;

CONSERVATION;

HARVESTING; HUNTING; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMATE; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOREST; HARVEST; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

AMAZON BASIN; ECUADOR; NAPO; SOUTH AMERICA; YASUNI NATIONAL PARK;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA SENICULUS; ATELES BELZEBUTH; ATELES SP.;

EID: 33745807992     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892906002712     Document Type: Article

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