Distribution, habitat selection and behaviour of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi sokokensis in Kenya and Tanzania

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-130

  Nemeth, Erwin ^a,b   Bennun, Leon ^b  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; RARE SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

KENYA; TANZANIA;

EID: 0033946955     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900000113     Document Type: Article

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