Distribution and Use of Income from Bushmeat in a Rural Village, Central Gabon

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1510-1518

  Coad, L ^a,b,c   Abernethy, K ^d   Balmford, A ^a   Manica, A ^e   Airey, L ^a   Milner Gulland, E J ^b  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^e Evolutionary Ecology Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Gender; Livelihoods; Protein; Spending; Wild meat

Indexed keywords

BUSHMEAT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PROTEIN; RURAL POPULATION; VILLAGE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GABON; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEAT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEAT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

GABON;

EID: 78349250880     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01525.x     Document Type: Article

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