The conservation status of the forest birds of the Taita Hills, Kenya

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-139

  Brooks, Thomas ^b   Lens, Luc ^c   Barnes, Jim ^d   Barnes, Roger ^d   Kihuria, John Kageche ^a   Wilder, Christine ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD CONSERVATION; ENDEMIC BIRD; FOREST BIRD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

KENYA; TAITA HILLS;

EID: 0031694336     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900003221     Document Type: Article

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