Using camera trap data to assess the impact of bushmeat hunting on forest mammals in Tanzania

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Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 87-97

  Hegerl, Carla ^a   Burgess, Neil D ^b,c   Nielsen, Martin R ^d   Martin, Emanuel ^e   Ciolli, Marco ^f   Rovero, Francesco ^g  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^g MUSE Museo delle Scienze   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; bushmeat; Eastern Arc; poaching; rainforest; Tanzania; Udzungwa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BUSHMEAT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; HUNTING; INSTRUMENTATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAMMAL; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE RESERVE; POACHING; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

TANZANIA; UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84943782626     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605315000836     Document Type: Article

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