An investigation using the choice experiment method into options for reducing illegal bushmeat hunting in western Serengeti

Conservation Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-45

  Moro, Mirko ^a   Fischer, Anke ^c   Czajkowski, Mikolaj ^c   Brennan, Dervla ^a   Lowassa, Asanterabi ^d   Naiman, Loiruck C ^b   Hanley, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Choice experiments; Illegal hunting; Livelihoods; Serengeti

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 84873606533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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