Forest buffalo prefer clearings to closed-canopy forest in the primary forest of northern Congo

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Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-86

  Blake, Stephen ^a,b,c  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Congo; Forest buffalo; Habitat requirements; Nouabal Ndoki National Park; Primary forest; Syncerus caffer

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT SELECTION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RUMINANT;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

SYNCERUS CAFFER; SYNCERUS CAFFER NANUS;

EID: 2342588757     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605302000121     Document Type: Article

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