Comparative abundance and population structure of sympatric afrotropical tortoises in six rainforest areas: The differential effects of "traditional veneration" and of "subsistence hunting" by local people

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-163

  Luiselli, Luca ^a  

^a FIZV (Ecology)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abundance; Conservation; Ecology; Kinixys belliana nogueyi; Kinixys erosa; Kinixys homeana; Nigeria; Population structure; Subsistence hunting; Traditional conservation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPTILE; SYMPATRY;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

ANIMALIA; EROSA; KINIXYS BELLIANA; KINIXYS EROSA; KINIXYS HOMEANA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 0042704773     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(03)00072-9     Document Type: Article

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