A proposal for a transnational forest network area for elephants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana

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Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-256

  Parren, Marc P E ^a,b   De Leede, Bertken M ^a   Bongers, Frans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Professional Education Larenstein   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C te d'ivoire; Forest elephant; Fragmentation; Ghana; Loxodonta africana cyclotis; Shelterbelts; West Africa; Wildlife corridors

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ELEPHANT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CORRIDOR; PROTECTED AREA; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA CYCLOTIS;

EID: 1842847913     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605302000467     Document Type: Review

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