Road development and the geography of hunting by an Amazonian indigenous group: consequences for wildlife conservation.

Protected areas are essential for conservation of wildlife populations. However, in the tropics there are two important factors that may interact to threaten this objective: 1) road development associated with large-scale resource extraction near or within protected areas; and 2) historical occupanc...

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Main Authors: Santiago Espinosa, Lyn C Branch, Rubén Cueva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4260950?pdf=render