Modern Hunting Practices and Wild Meat Trade in the Oil Palm Plantation-Dominated Landscapes of Sumatra, Indonesia

Human Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-45

  Luskin, M S ^a   Christina, E D ^a   Kelley, L C ^a   Potts, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Human wildlife conflict; Jambi; Livelihoods; Palm oil; Rubber; Southeast Asia; Sustainable hunting; Tropical rain forest; Wild boar (Sus scrofa); Wildlife harvest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895068325     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-013-9606-8     Document Type: Article

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