The importance of the Nilo and Nguu North Forest Reserves for the conservation of montane forest birds in Tanzania

Biological Conservation

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-72

  Seddon, N ^a   Ekstrom, J M M ^b   Capper, D R ^c   Isherwood, I S ^d   Muna, R ^e   Pople, R G ^d   Tarimo, E ^e   Timothy, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b 171 Chertsey Road Surrey KT15 2EL ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEENS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e E Usambara Catchment Forest Proj   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Birds; Conservation; Forest; Tanzania; Threats

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0032889445     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00041-X     Document Type: Article

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