Wildlife Depletion in a West African Farm-Forest Mosaic and the Implications for Hunting Across the Landscape

Human Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 795-806

  Schulte Herbrüggen, Björn ^a,b   Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^a   Homewood, Katherine ^b   Kurpiers, Laura A ^a   Whitham, Charlotte ^c,d   Cowlishaw, Guy ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Ghana; Non timber forest product; Resource depletion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUSHMEAT; FOREST RESOURCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; LANDSCAPE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SUSTAINABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

GHANA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84890430278     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-013-9609-5     Document Type: Article

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