Oil industry, wild meat trade and roads: Indirect effects of oil extraction activities in a protected area in north-eastern Ecuador

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 364-373

  Suárez, Esteban ^a,b   Morales, M ^a   Cueva, R ^a   Bucheli, Utreras V ^a   Zapata Rios G ^a,c   Toral, E ^a   Torres, J ^a   Prado, W ^a   Olalla, Vargas J ^a  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Indigenous people; Oil industry; Roads; Wildlife trade; Wildmeat market; Yasun National Park

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MEAT; OIL INDUSTRY; PROTECTED AREA; URBAN AREA;

ECUADOR; NAPO [ECUADOR]; SOUTH AMERICA; YASUNI NATIONAL PARK;

AGOUTI PACA; ANIMALIA; LAGOTHRIX; PECARI TAJACU; TAYASSU PECARI;

EID: 67651160934     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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