The waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa (Ruppel 1835) as an indicator of ecosystem health in the Central Rift Valley lake systems of Kenya

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 390-392

  Kisia, S M ^a   Jumba, I O ^a   Kock, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; UNGULATE;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; INDICATOR ORGANISM; KENYA; LAKE ECOSYSTEM;

KENYA;

KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS; KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS DEFASSA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036890587     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2002.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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