Evaluating the use of local ecological knowledge to monitor hunted tropicalforest wildlife over large spatial scales

Ecology and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Parry, Luke ^a,b   Peres, Carlos A ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Game; Harvesting; Hunting; Interviews; Large mammals

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HARVESTING; HUNTING; MAMMAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TROPICAL FOREST; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

MAMMALIA; TAYASSU PECARI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84943192990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07601-200315     Document Type: Article

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