Hunting of flying foxes and perception of disease risk in Indonesian Borneo

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2441-2449

  Harrison, Mark E ^a,b   Cheyne, Susan M ^b,c   Darma, Fiteria ^b   Ribowo, Dwi Angan ^d   Limin, Suwido H ^b   Struebig, Matthew J ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALANGKA RAYA   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MULAWARMAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bat; Emerging infectious disease; Henipavirus; Hunting; Pteropus vampyrus; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; BYCATCH; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HEALTH RISK; HUNTING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLLINATION; POPULATION DECLINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK PERCEPTION; SEED DISPERSAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; VIRUS;

BORNEO; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN;

AVES; HENIPAVIRUS; LORIDAE; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS VAMPYRUS;

EID: 84860388884     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.06.021     Document Type: Article

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