Impacts of hunting on mammals in African tropical moist forests: A review and synthesis

Mammal Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 231-264

  Fa, Julia E ^a   Brown, David ^b  

^a DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faunal depletion; Mammalian standing biomass; Moist forests; Off take levels; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOMASS; BUSHMEAT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUNTING; MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZON BASIN; CENTRAL AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 74049124331     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2009.00149.x     Document Type: Review

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