Bats as bushmeat: A global review

ORYX

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-234

  Mickleburgh, Simon ^a,c   Waylen, Kerry ^a,d,e   Racey, Paul ^b  

^a FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bats; Bushmeat; Commercial hunting; Eidolon; Pteropus; Sustainability; Tadarida

Indexed keywords

BAT; BUSHMEAT; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; EDIBLE SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUNTING; INSECTIVORE; LITERATURE REVIEW; POPULATION DECLINE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EIDOLON; EIDOLON HELVUM; PTEROPUS; TADARIDA;

EID: 68149126927     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308000938     Document Type: Review

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