The effect of wealth and real income on wildlife consumption among native Amazonians in Bolivia: Estimates of annual trends with longitudinal household data (2002-2006)

Animal Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-274

  Godoy, R ^a   Undurraga, E A ^a   Wilkie, D ^b   Reyes Garcia V ^a,c   Huanca, T ^d   Leonard, W R ^e   McDade, T ^e   Tanner, S ^f   Vadez, V ^g,h  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d CBIDSI Centro Boliviano de Investigacion y de Desarrollo Socio Integral   (Bolivia)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^h Tsimane' Amazonian Panel Study TAPS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Birds; Demand growth; Fish; Game; Income elasticity; Wildlife consumption

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INCOME; NATURE CONSERVATION;

BOLIVIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 77952865638     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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