Education and access to fish but not economic development predict chimpanzee and mammal occurrence in West Africa

Biological Conservation

Volumn 182, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-35

  Junker, Jessica ^a   Boesch, Christophe ^a,b   Mundry, Roger ^a   Stephens, Colleen ^a   Lormie, Menladi ^c   Tweh, Clement ^b,c   Kühl, Hjalmar S ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Wild Chimpanzee Foundation   (Germany)

^c Forestry Development Authority   (Liberia)

^d GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Education; Fish protein; IUCN SSC A.P.E.S. database; Liberia; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HOMINID; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

LIBERIA [WEST AFRICA];

MAMMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS;

EID: 84949141038     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.034     Document Type: Article

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