Bushmeat hunting in dwesa and cwebe nature reserves, eastern cape, South Africa

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-84

  Hayward, Matt W ^a,b  

^a WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bushmeat hunting; Fenced conservation areas; Poaching; Protected area management; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BIOME; BUSHMEAT; FECES; FOOTPRINT; HABITAT USE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; NATURE RESERVE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POACHING; TEMPERATE FOREST; TRANSECT; UNGULATE;

AFRICA; CWEBE NATURE RESERVE; DWESA NATURE RESERVE; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; MAMMALIA; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX; UNGULATA;

EID: 70349335494     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3957/056.039.0108     Document Type: Article

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