Wildlife exploitation: A market survey in Nagaland, North-eastern India

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 241-253

  Bhupathy, Subramanian ^a   Kumar, Selvaraj Ramesh ^a   Thirumalainathan, Palanisamy ^a   Paramanandham, Joothi ^a   Lemba, Chang ^b  

^a SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Hunting; Nagaland; North eastern India; Tribes

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84879400006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291300600206     Document Type: Article

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