Economic and geographic drivers of wildlife consumption in rural Africa

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 34, 2011, Pages 13931-13936

  Brashares, Justin S ^a,b   Golden, Christopher D ^a   Weinbaum, Karen Z ^a   Barrett, Christopher B ^c   Okello, Grace V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bushmeat harvest; Panel analysis; Poverty traps; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; MARKET; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE CONSUMPTION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MARKETING; MEAT; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052148024     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1011526108     Document Type: Article

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