The role of hunting in village livelihoods in the Ashanti region, Ghana

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 457-469

  Crookes, Douglas ^a   Humphreys, David ^a   Masroh, Fransisca ^b   Tarche, Barbosa ^b   Milner Gulland, E J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

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EID: 60849094376     PISSN: 10158812     EISSN: 22223436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v10i4.1059     Document Type: Article

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