The Importance of Hunting and Habitat in Determining the Abundance of Tropical Forest Species in Equatorial Guinea

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 700-710

  Rist, Janna ^a,b   Milner Gulland, Eleanor Jane ^b   Cowlishaw, Guy ^a   Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Bushmeat trade; Habitat disturbance; Hunting effort; Mammals

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUSHMEAT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUNTING; LINE TRANSECT; MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL FOREST; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 70449502987     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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