Factors determining the choice of hunting and trading bushmeat in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 382-391

  Nielsen, Martin Reinhardt ^a   Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl ^a   Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Poaching; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

BUSHMEAT; CATTLE; FOOD MARKET; HUNTING; POACHING; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

KILOMBERO VALLEY; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MEAT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MEAT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84896314280     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12197     Document Type: Article

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