Correlates of bushmeat in markets and depletion of wildlife

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 805-815

  Fa, John E ^a,b,c   Olivero, Jesus ^b   Farfán, Miguel Á ^b,d   Márquez, Ana L ^b   Duarte, Jesús ^b,d   Nackoney, Janet ^e   Hall, Amy ^a   Dupain, Jef ^f   Seymour, Sarah ^a   Johnson, Paul J ^g   Macdonald, David W ^g   Real, Raimundo ^b   Vargas, Juan M ^b  

^a DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Biogea Consultores   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bushmeat harvest; Favorability function; Game depletion; Indexes; Mammals

Indexed keywords

BUSHMEAT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CAMEROON; NIGERIA;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; CAMEROON; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MEAT; NIGERIA; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MEAT; NIGERIA; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84929274711     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12441     Document Type: Article

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