Notes on abbott’s duiker (cephalophus spadix true 1890) and other forest antelopes of mwanihana forest, udzungwa mountains, tanzania, as revealed by camera-trapping and direct observations

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-23

  Rovero, F ^a   Jones, T ^b   Sanderson, J ^c  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b Udzungwa Mountains National Park   (Tanzania)

^c Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbott s; Camera trapping; Duiker; Duikers; Forest antelopes; Rain forest; Udzungwa

Indexed keywords

ANTELOPE; ANURA; CEPHALOPHUS NATALENSIS; CEPHALOPHUS SPADIX; MAMMALIA; NEOTRAGUS MOSCHATUS; TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS;

EID: 23444455797     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2005.10531211     Document Type: Article

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