Conservation of mammals on a tobacco farm on the Highlands of Malawi

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 837-852

  Happold, D C D ^a   Happold, M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

African mammals; Conservation; Farmland; Malawi

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030985211     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000010405.83675.2f     Document Type: Article

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