Incentives for hunting: The role of bushmeat in the household economy in rural equatorial guinea

Human Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-264

  Kümpel, Noëlle F ^a,b,c   Milner Gulland, E J ^b   Cowlishaw, Guy ^a   Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bushmeat consumption; Equatorial Guinea; Household economy; Hunter incentives; Livelihoods

Indexed keywords

BUSHMEAT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUNTING; INCENTIVE; INFORMAL SECTOR; RURAL ECONOMY;

EQUATORIAL GUINEA;

EID: 77952674750     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-010-9316-4     Document Type: Article

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