The bushmeat trade in African savannas: Impacts, drivers, and possible solutions

PA Lindsey, G Balme, M Becker, C Begg, C Bento… - Biological …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
The bushmeat trade, or the illegal acquisition and exchange of wild meat, has long been
recognised as a severe problem in forest biomes, but receives little attention in savannas …

The management of wild large herbivores to meet economic, conservation and environmental objectives

IJ Gordon, AJ Hester… - Journal of Applied …, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Wild large herbivores provide goods and income to rural communities, have
major impacts on land use and habitats of conservation importance and, in some cases, face …

Using fuzzy cognitive map** as a participatory approach to analyze change, preferred states, and perceived resilience of social-ecological systems

SA Gray, S Gray, JL De Kok, AER Helfgott, B O'Dwyer… - Ecology and …, 2015‏ - JSTOR
There is a growing interest in the use of fuzzy cognitive map** (FCM) as a participatory
method for understanding social-ecological systems (SESs). In recent years, FCM has been …

[ספר][B] Demography and evolutionary ecology of Hadza hunter-gatherers

NB Jones - 2016‏ - books.google.com
The Hadza, an ethnic group indigenous to northern Tanzania, are one of the few remaining
hunter-gatherer populations. Archaeology shows 130,000 years of hunting and gathering in …

Evaluating relative abundance indices for terrestrial herbivores from large‐scale camera trap surveys

MS Palmer, A Swanson, M Kosmala… - African journal of …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
The ability to directly monitor animal populations across time and space is a key element of
wildlife conservation and management, but logistically difficult to achieve. Photographic …

Continuing wildlife population declines and range contraction in the Mara region of Kenya during 1977–2009

JO Ogutu, N Owen‐Smith, HP Piepho… - Journal of …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Populations of many wild ungulate species in Africa are in decline largely because of land‐
use changes and other human activities. Analyses that document these declines and …

Village poultry: still important to millions, eight thousand years after domestication

RG Alders, RAE Pym - World's Poultry Science Journal, 2009‏ - cambridge.org
Village poultry make a significant contribution to poverty alleviation and household food
security in many develo** countries. This contribution by village poultry to livelihoods can …

Drivers of bushmeat hunting and perceptions of zoonoses in Nigerian hunting communities

S Friant, SB Paige, TL Goldberg - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
Bushmeat hunting threatens biodiversity and increases the risk of zoonotic pathogen
transmission. Nevertheless, limited information exists on patterns of contact with wildlife in …

Livestock loss caused by predators outside the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

T Holmern, J Nyahongo, E Røskaft - Biological conservation, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Human–carnivore conflict is a serious management issue often causing opposition towards
conservation efforts. In a survey of 481 households in seven different villages outside the …

Management strategy evaluation: a powerful tool for conservation?

N Bunnefeld, E Hoshino, EJ Milner-Gulland - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2011‏ - cell.com
The poor management of natural resources has led in many cases to the decline and
extirpation of populations. Recent advances in fisheries science could revolutionize …