Impact of Low-Intensity Hunting on Game Species in and Around the Kanuku Mountains Protected Area, Guyana

Impact of Low-Intensity Hunting on Game Species in and Around the Kanuku Mountains Protected Area, Guyana

Unsustainable harvest is driving population declines in tropical forest species across the globe. Despite maintaining the second highest percent forest cover in the world (85%), concern is increasing in Guyana that unmanaged commercial and subsistence hunting activities could result in defaunation,...

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Main Authors: Matthew T. Hallett, Anouska A. Kinahan, Rayon McGregor, Thadaigh Baggallay, Timothy Babb, Howard Barnabus, Asaph Wilson, Fernando M. Li, Wesley W. Boone, Brittany A. Bankovich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
bushmeat
hunting intensity
protected areas
indigenous lands
Kanuku Mountains
Guyana
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00412/full

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