Multiple forest use through commercial sport hunting: Lessons from a community-based model from the Petén, Guatemala

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 268, Issue , 2012, Pages 112-120

  Baur, Erick H ^a   McNab, Roan B ^b   Williams, Lovett E ^c   Ramos, Victor H ^d   Radachowsky, Jeremy ^b   Guariguata, Manuel R ^e  

^a Integrated Environmental and Wildlife Management Services SA   (Guatemala)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Guatemala)

^c Real Turkeys LLC   (United States)

^d Centro de Monitoreo y Evaluación   (Guatemala)

^e CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Community forest management; Meleagris ocellata; Non timber forest products; Ocellated Turkey; Sustainable sport hunting; Tropical forest management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FOREST; MELEAGRIS OCELLATA; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; OCELLATED TURKEY; SUSTAINABLE SPORT HUNTING; TROPICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION; PROFITABILITY; SPORTS;

FORESTRY;

COMMERCIALIZATION; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; HUNTING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PRODUCTS; PROFITABILITY; TURKEY;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MAYA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; PETEN;

AGRIOCHARIS OCELLATA; PAVO;

EID: 84857032192     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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