Bushmeat consumption in western Tanzania: A comparative analysis from the same ecosystem

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-364

  Martin, Andimile ^a,b   Caro, Tim ^a,c   Mulder, Monique Borgerhoff ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Bushmeat free Eastern Africa Network (BEAN)   (Tanzania)

^c TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d WISSENSCHAFTSKOLLEG ZU BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Consumption; Hunting; Katavi; Rukwa

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84866551670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291200500309     Document Type: Article

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