Correlates of Bushmeat Hunting among Remote Rural Households in Gabon, Central Africa

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 335-344

  Foerster, Steffen ^a   Wilkie, David S ^a,b   Morelli, Gilda A ^a   Demmer, Josefien ^c   Starkey, Malcolm ^d   Telfer, Paul ^e   Steil, Matthew ^f   Lewbel, Arthur ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Gabon)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

^f WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Household economies; Household surveys; Human welfare; Protected areas; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUSHMEAT; CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISH; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUNTING; POULTRY; PROTECTED AREA; PROTEIN; RURAL POPULATION; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; ECOSYSTEM; GABON; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY; WILD ANIMAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD SUPPLY; GABON; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

GABON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84858862490     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01802.x     Document Type: Article

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