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A framework for assessing impacts of wild meat hunting practices in the tropics
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Title: | A framework for assessing impacts of wild meat hunting practices in the tropics |
Authors: | Dobson, ADM Milner-Gulland, EJ Ingram, DJ Keane, A |
Item Type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | Terrestrial wildlife is being hunted for consumption by humans in the tropics at an unprecedented rate, and the often unsustainable nature of this harvest has profound implications not only for biodiversity and ecosystem function, but also for human livelihoods. Whilst the nature and impacts of this practice have been studied in numerous contexts and localities, a comprehensive treatment of the social, economic, and environmental determinants of both hunter decision-making and hunting outcomes has been lacking. In this review we discuss influences of hunting methods and effort on the types of animals caught, the efficiency of harvest, and the implications of these factors for sustainability. We highlight gaps in current understanding, and identify the most important data requirements. Our approach provides a framework for the design of future studies into wild meat hunting and its impacts, promoting the efficient targeting of priority areas of research. |
Issue Date: | 1-Jun-2019 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/72870 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-019-0075-6 |
ISSN: | 0300-7839 |
Publisher: | SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS |
Start Page: | 449 |
End Page: | 464 |
Journal / Book Title: | HUMAN ECOLOGY |
Volume: | 47 |
Issue: | 3 |
Copyright Statement: | © The Author(s) 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
Keywords: | Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Anthropology Environmental Studies Sociology Environmental Sciences & Ecology Wild meat Bushmeat Defaunation Sustainable harvest Snaring Biodiversity Human hunting Africa Amazonia, Southeast Asia SERENGETI NATIONAL-PARK BUSHMEAT HUNTERS LAW-ENFORCEMENT BIOKO ISLAND ILLEGAL EXPLOITATION LUANGWA-VALLEY POACHING PAYS LARGE MAMMALS PREY CHOICE CONSERVATION Ecology |
Publication Status: | Published |
Appears in Collections: | Department of Life Sciences |