Local-Scale Dynamics and Local Drivers of Bushmeat Trade

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1403-1414

  Nyaki, Angela ^a   Gray, Steven A ^a,b   Lepczyk, Christopher A ^a   Skibins, Jeffrey C ^c   Rentsch, Dennis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST FRANCIS   (United States)

^d Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Participatory modeling; Poaching; Protected areas; Serengeti ecosystem; Wildebeest; Zebra

Indexed keywords

EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS;

CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEAT; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MEAT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84907954640     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12316     Document Type: Article

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