Disentangling the relative effects of bushmeat availability on human nutrition in central Africa

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Fa, John E ^a   Olivero, Jesús ^b   Real, Raimundo ^b   Farfán, Miguel A ^b   Márquez, Ana L ^b   Vargas, J Mario ^b   Ziegler, Stefan ^c   Wegmann, Martin ^d   Brown, David ^e   Margetts, Barrie ^f   Nasi, Robert ^g  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c WWF Germany   (Germany)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g CIFOR Headquarters ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL AFRICA; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; MEAT; NUTRITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WILD ANIMAL;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EATING; HUMANS; MEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84941954605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08168     Document Type: Article

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