Wildlife Harvest and Consumption in Amazonia's Urbanized Wilderness

Conservation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 565-574

  Parry, Luke ^a,b   Barlow, Jos ^a,b   Pereira, Heloisa ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Bushmeat; Cities; Fishing; Hunting; Sustainability; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AVES; CAIMAN; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84919870816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12151     Document Type: Note

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