Local demand drives a bushmeat industry in a Philippine forest preserve

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-141

  Scheffers, Brett R ^a,c   Corlett, Richard T ^a   Diesmos, Arvin ^b   Laurance, William F ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspot; Bushmeat; Conservation; Hunting; Southeast Asia; The Philippines

Indexed keywords

AGONIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; PTEROPODIDAE; SUIDAE; VERTEBRATA; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 84863873406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291200500203     Document Type: Letter

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