Use and availability of tree and shrub resources on Maasai communal rangelands near Amboseli, Kenya

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-45

  Kiringe, John Warui ^a   Okello, Moses Makonjio ^a  

^a Center for Wildlife Management Studies   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Kuku Group Ranch; Plant utilisation

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA MELLIFERA; ACACIA TORTILIS; ACACIA XANTHOPHLOEA; BALANITES; BALANITES GLABRA;

EID: 20444433622     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/10220110509485860     Document Type: Article

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