High mammalian diversity in the newly established National Park of Upper Niger, Republic of Guinea

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Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-80

  Ziegler, Stefan ^a,d   Nikolaus, Gerhard ^b   Hutterer, Rainer ^c  

^a Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig ^*  (Germany)

^b German Development Service ^*  (Germany)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^d German Development Service   (Laos)

Author keywords

Fauna; Guinea; Mammalian diversity; National Park; Upper Niger

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; MAMMAL; NATIONAL PARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANOMALURUS; CARNIVORA; GALAGO; GALAGOIDES; HYBOMYS PLANIFRONS; MAMMALIA; MILLARDIA MELTADA; MUNGOS GAMBIANUS; PRAOMYS ROSTRATUS; PTEROMYINI; SCIURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041774496     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003060530200011X     Document Type: Article

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