Trapper profiles and strategies: Insights into sustainability from hunter behaviour

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 531-539

  Kumpel N F ^a,b,c   Rowcliffe, J M ^a   Cowlishaw, G ^a   Milner Gulland, E J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Central Africa; Equatorial guinea; Gun hunting; Hunter behaviour; Hunting effort; Sustainability; Trappers

Indexed keywords

BUSHMEAT; HUNTING; SUSTAINABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

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

PRIMATES;

EID: 71049163040     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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