DNA identification of primate bushmeat from urban markets in Guinea-Bissau and its implications for conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 167, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-49

  Minhós, Tânia ^a,b   Wallace, Emily ^a   Ferreira da Silva, Maria J ^a,c   Sá, Rui M ^a,d,e,g   Carmo, Marta ^e   Barata, André ^f   Bruford, Michael W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cercopithecus campbelli; Chlorocebus sabaeus; Colobus monkeys; Cytochrome c Oxidase subunit I (COI); Hunting; Mitochondrial DNA; Papio papio

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MARKET CONDITIONS; MEAT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; TRADE FLOW; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84882737655     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.07.018     Document Type: Article

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