Contrasts in Livelihoods and Protein Intake between Commercial and Subsistence Bushmeat Hunters in Two Villages on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 576-587

  Vega, María Grande ^a   Carpinetti, Bruno ^b   Duarte, Jesús ^c,d   Fa, John E ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PPAS   (Argentina)

^c Biogea Consultores   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^e DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioko; Household expenditure; Offtake; Protein intake; Wealth

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BUSHMEAT; COMMERCIALIZATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUNTING; PROTEIN; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MEAT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN INTAKE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEAT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BIOKO; EQUATORIAL GUINEA;

EID: 84878156499     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12067     Document Type: Article

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