Population status and structure of mountain nyala in the Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Refera, Befekadu ^a   Bekele, Afework ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bale Mountains; Mountain nyala; Population structure

Indexed keywords

POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNGULATE;

AFRICA; BALE MOUNTAINS; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; TRAGELAPHUS; TRAGELAPHUS ANGASII; TRAGELAPHUS BUXTONI; UNGULATA;

EID: 1942470063     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0141-6707.2004.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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