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

• Main Authors: Sagan Friant (Author), Sarah B Paige (Author), Tony L Goldberg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bushmeat hunting threatens biodiversity and increases the risk of zoonotic pathogen transmission. Nevertheless, limited information exists on patterns of contact with wildlife in communities that practice bushmeat hunting, especially with respect to social drivers of hunting behavior. We used interv...