Long-term spatio-temporal changes in a West African bushmeat trade system.

ABSTRACT: Landscapes in many developing countries consist of a heterogeneous matrix of mixed agriculture and forest. Many of the generalist species in this matrix are increasingly traded in the bushmeat markets of West and Central Africa. However, to date there has been little quantification of how the spatial configuration of the landscape influences the urban bushmeat trade over time. As anthropogenic landscapes become the face of rural West Africa, understanding the dynamics of these systems has important implications for conservation and landscape management. The bushmeat production of an area is likely to be defined by landscape characteristics such as habitat disturbance, hunting pressure, level of protection, and distance to market. We explored (SSG, tense) the role of these four characterist

SUBMITTER: McNamara J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4745032 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature