Human impact on wildlife populations within a protected Central African forest

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-31

  Blom, Allard ^a,b,d   Van Zalinge, Robert ^a   Mbea, Eugene ^c   Heitkönig, Ignas M A ^a   Prins, Herbert H T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dzanga Sangha Project   (Central African Republic)

^d ECOFAC ^*  (Gabon)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Conservation; Monitoring; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PROTECTED AREA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DZANGA-NDOKI NATIONAL PARK; DZANGA-SANGHA DENSE FOREST RESERVE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 1942438126     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0141-6707.2004.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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