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Titre :	Spatial and temporal patterns of harvesting of the Vulnerable pig-nosed turtle Carettochelys insculpta in the Kikori region, Papua New Guinea
Auteurs :	Carla C. Eisemberg, Auteur ; Mark Rose, Auteur ; Benedict Yaru, Auteur ; Arthur Georges, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Oryx (49(4) OCT 2015)
Article en page(s) :	659-668
Résumé :	Management of wildlife use by communities living a partially traditional lifestyle is usually more successful when the interactions between those communities and the environment are well understood. We mapped the harvest areas for the Vulnerable pig-nosed turtle Carettochelys insculpta for six language-groups in the Kikori region of Papua New Guinea and compared harvest parameters between different areas and language-groups and, when possible, between 1980-1982 and 2007-2009. Spatially, the main influence on harvest method was a tribe's location relative to the turtle's distribution. No small juveniles (

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