The coexistence of baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii) and indigenous hunters in northeastern Honduras

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 429-438

  Dunn, Marc ^a   Estrada, Nereyda ^b   Smith, Derek A ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Honduras Tapir Specialist Group   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Baird's tapir; Honduras; Indigenous hunting; Miskitu; R o pl tano biosphere reserve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TREE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PERISSODACTYLA; POPULATION GROUPS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TREES;

EID: 84878504203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2012.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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