Bushmeat hunting, wildlife declines, and fish supply in West Africa

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5699, 2004, Pages 1180-1183

  Brashares, Justin S ^a,b   Arcese, Peter ^c   Sam, Moses K ^d   Coppolillo, Peter B ^e   Sinclair, A R E ^c   Balmford, Andrew ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Ghana Wildlife Society   (Ghana)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DATA ACQUISITION; FISHERIES; PROTEINS;

HUMAN WELFARE; TROPICAL VERTEBRATES; WILDLIFE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BUSHMEAT; FISH; FOOD SUPPLY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; FISHES; FOOD SUPPLY; GHANA; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MEAT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8444227815     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1102425     Document Type: Article

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