The Uluguru Mountains of eastern Tanzania: The effect of forest loss on biodiversity

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Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 140-152

  Burgess, Neil ^a,c   Doggart, Nike ^a,c,d   Lovett, Jon C ^b  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c WWF US   (United States)

^d Tanzania Forest Conservation Group   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; East Africa; Endemic species; Extinction risk; Forest loss; Tanzania; Uluguru Mountains

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT LOSS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ULUGURU MOUNTAINS;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2442451654     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605302000212     Document Type: Review

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