Uncovering the fruit bat bushmeat commodity chain and the true extent of fruit bat hunting in Ghana, West Africa

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3000-3008

  Kamins, A O ^a,b   Restif, O ^a   Ntiamoa Baidu, Y ^c   Suu Ire, R ^d   Hayman, D T S ^a,b   Cunningham, A A ^b   Wood, J L N ^a   Rowcliffe, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Bushmeat hunting; Commodity chain; Eidolon helvum; Fruit bat hunting; Ghana

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIODIVERSITY; BUSHMEAT; COMMODITY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRUIT; HABITAT LOSS; HUNTING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

GHANA;

ANIMALIA; EIDOLON HELVUM;

EID: 83555176006     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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