The effects of fuelwood removal on the diversity of some cavity-using birds and mammals in South Africa

Biological Conservation

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 77-82

  Du Plessis, MornéA ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

biodiversity; birds; conservation; fuelwood; mammals; resource utilization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CAVITY NESTING; FUELWOOD; MAMMAL; RIPARIAN WOODLAND;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; RIPARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0028980687     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00016-W     Document Type: Article

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