Notes on the ecology and conservation status of key bird species in Nilo and Nguu North Forest Reserves, Tanzania

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-23

  Seddon, Nathalie ^a   Ekstrom, Jonathan M M ^a   Capper, David R ^b   Isherwood, Isabel S ^c   Muna, Raymond ^d   Pople, Robert G ^c   Tarimo, Ernesti ^e   Timothy, Jonas ^e  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEENS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d E Usambara Catchment Forest Proj   (Tanzania)

^e Mount Kilimanjiro Forestry Project   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

NGUU MOUNTAINS; NILO; TANZANIA;

ANTHREPTES NEGLECTUS; ANTHREPTES PALLIDIGASTER; ANTHREPTES RUBRITORQUES; APLOPELIA LAVATA; BRADYPTERUS BARRATTI; BUBO VOSSELERI; CIRCAETUS FASCIOLATUS; HYLIOTA AUSTRALIS; MODULATRIX STICTIGULA; NECTARINIA MOREAUI; ORTHOTOMUS METOPIAS; PLOCEUS NICOLLI; POEOPTERA KENRICKI; SHEPPARDIA GUNNINGI; SHEPPARDIA SHARPEI; TAURACO FISCHERI;

EID: 0032809505     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0959270900003312     Document Type: Article

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