The effects of the Rwandan civil war on poaching of ungulates in the Pare National des Volcans

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Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 265-273

  Plumptre, Andrew J ^a,b   Bizumuremyi, Jean Bosco ^c   Uwimana, Fidele ^c   Ndaruhebeye, Jean Damascene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK-FRONTED DUIKER; BUFFALO; CIVIL WAR; CONSERVATION; MOUNTAIN GORILLA; POACHING; UNGULATE;

RWANDA, PARC NATIONAL DES VOLCANS;

AGONIDAE; ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; CEPHALOPHUS NIGRIFRONS; GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; SYNCERUS CAFFER; UNGULATA;

EID: 0030722916     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1997.d01-15.x     Document Type: Article

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