No conservation silver lining to Ebola

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 965-967

  Pooley, Simon ^a   Fa, John E ^a   Nasi, Robert ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOOD SAFETY; MEAT; SOCIAL POLICY; VIRAL DISEASE;

AFRICA;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DIET; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MEAT; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MEAT;

EID: 84929263401     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12454     Document Type: Article

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