The impact of human forest disturbance on the endemic avifauna of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-62

  Fjeldså, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 0032772964     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900003348     Document Type: Article

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