Synthesising bushmeat research effort in West and Central Africa: A new regional database

Biological Conservation

Volumn 181, Issue , 2015, Pages 199-205

  Taylor, G ^a   Scharlemann, J P W ^b,c   Rowcliffe, M ^d   Kumpel N ^d   Harfoot, M B J ^c   Fa, J E ^e   Melisch, R ^f   Milner Gulland, E J ^g   Bhagwat, S ^a   Abernethy, K A ^h,i   Ajonina, A S ^j   Albrechtsen, L ^a   Allebone Webb, S ^g   Brown, E ^k   Brugiere, D ^l   Clark, C ^m   Colell, M ⁿ   Cowlishaw, G ^d   Crookes, D ^g,o   De Merode, E ^d   Dupain, J ^k,p,q   East, T ^g   Edderai, D ^r   Elkan, P ^ad   Gill, D ^g,s   Greengrass, E ^s   Hodgkinson, C ^s   Ilambu, O ^t   Jeanmart, P ^r   Juste, J ^u   Linder, J M ^v   Macdonald, D W ^a   Noss, A J ^w   Okorie, P U ^x   Okouyi, V J J ^y   Pailler, S ^z   Poulsen, J R ^m   Riddell, M ^a   Schleicher, J ^a,aa   Schulte Herbruggen B ^c,aa   Starkey, M ^aa   van Vliet, N ^ab   Whitham, C ^g   Willcox, A S ^ac   Wilkie, D S ^ad   Wright, J H ^d,g   Coad, L M ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f TRAFFIC INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CENAREST   (Gabon)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^k WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

^l SECA BRLi Consulting Company   (France)

^m DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^o UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^p CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^q AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Kenya)

^r African Wildlife Foundation Boulevard du 30 juin No 2515 Immeuble AFORIA ^*  (Gabon)

^s FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^t WWF Central Africa Regional Programme Office (CARPO) (Concession SAFRICAS) Commune de Ngaliema   (Congo)

^u DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^v JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^x IMO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^y Institut de Recherches sur l'Écologie Tropicale   (Gabon)

^z CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^ab CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^ad WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Conservation; Exploitation; Hunting; Wild meat

Indexed keywords

BUSHMEAT; DATABASE; EXPLOITATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUNTING; WILD POPULATION;

CENTRAL AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84913582376     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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