The effects of agricultural fields and human settlements on the use of rivers by wildlife in the mid-Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-302

  Fritz, Hervé ^a   Saïd, Sonia ^a   Renaud, Pierre Cyril ^b   Mutake, Snoden ^c   Coid, Craig ^c   Monicat, François ^d  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Biodiversity project   (Zimbabwe)

^d CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity; GIS; Human settlements; Landscape; Species richness; Wildlife species; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GIS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; RIVER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ZIMBABWE;

ELEPHANT; GLOSSINA (PROPER); UNGULATA;

EID: 0038824575     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024411711670     Document Type: Article

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