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Global Ecology and ConservationBushmeat hunting for consumption and trade represents a significant extinction threat to many wild terrestrial mammal species globally. In Africa, research on bushmeat consumption is largely associated with people living in the tropical forests of ...
Vusumzi Martins +2 more
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Wildlife Biology, Volume 2026, Issue 5, September 2026.Freshwater turtles play vital roles in maintaining the health of aquatic ecosystems by supporting ecological balance, nutrient cycling and regulating prey populations. Unfortunately, they are among the most threatened species worldwide. Habitat fragmentation, illegal trade, overharvesting for meat, and use in ethnomedicinal practices have severely ...
Asmit Subba +6 more
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Wildlife Letters, Volume 4, Issue 3, Page 118-130, September 2026.Many nocturnal animals are difficult to study because they are rarely seen, including nocturnal primates, galagos and pottos, in West Africa. Working with over 600 people in 52 villages in southern Guinea‐Bissau, we found that communities frequently recognized galagos by their red eyeshine and distinctive calls, while pottos were not known.
Chloe Chesney +6 more
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, 2012 Despite major advances in vaccines, antibiotics and antiviral treatments, infectious diseases still kill 15 million people around the world each year - one quarter of global deaths (Fauci and Morens, 2012). Emerging diseases, caused by new or newly expanding pathogens, form a rapidly changing and intensely challenging front of this international battle.
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Mapping Bushmeat Hunting Pressure in Central Africa
Biotropica, 2016 AbstractHunting and trade of wild animals for their meat (bushmeat), especially mammals, is commonplace in tropical forests worldwide. In West and Central Africa, bushmeat extraction has increased substantially during recent decades. Currently, such levels of hunting pose a major threat to native wildlife.
Ziegler, S. +5 more
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Ecology and Society, 2016 Tropical rainforest dwellers, who are currently engaged in bushmeat trade, used to track game for their own subsistence. We investigate the technical evolution over the past century of bushmeat procurement by the Fang, a group of southern Cameroon forest
Edmond Dounias
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Market Dynamics of Bushmeat Species in Equatorial Guinea
The Journal of Applied Ecology, 1995 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
Juste, Javier +3 more
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Socio-economic drivers of bushmeat consumption in the northern Angolan province of Uíge
OryxThe overexploitation of wildlife for bushmeat consumption poses a significant threat to biodiversity in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Angola, where the problem remains largely unexplored.
Lunis Giona Bolognino de Orth +3 more
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Ecology and Society, 2015 Most bushmeat studies in the Amazon region focus on hunting patterns of indigenous populations in rural settings. Our study describes the existence of urban hunters in medium-sized towns.
Nathalie van Vliet +6 more
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Refrigeration and the Reduction of the Takeoff Rate of Bushmeat
SAGE Open, 2017 Rising incomes in the developing world has led to increased consumption of bushmeat as a luxury good with a mounting risk of species extirpation. In a two-period model with stochastic supply, this article shows that the simple expedient of introducing ...
Andrew J. Buck +3 more
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