Mammal hunting by the Shuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon: Is it sustainable?

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Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-385

  Zapata Ríos, Galo ^a   Urgilés, Carlos ^b   Suárez, Esteban ^a  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Amazon; Ecuador; Mammals; Shuar; Subsistence hunting; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; HUNTING; MAMMAL; NATURE CONSERVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECUADOR;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 74149083119     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309001914     Document Type: Article

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