Wildlife hunting by indigenous tribes: A case study from Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India

ORYX

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 564-572

  Aiyadurai, Ambika ^a,b   Singh, Navinder J ^a   Milner Gulland, E J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arunachal Pradesh; culture; Himalayas; hunting; India; indigenous; mammals; tribes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL TRADITION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUNTING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MAMMAL; MEAT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RAINFOREST; RED LIST; VULNERABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; INDIA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952994273     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309990937     Document Type: Article

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