Population densities and habitat associations of the range-restricted Rock Firefinch Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis on the Jos Plateau, Nigeria

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-295

  Wright, David ^a,b   Jones, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; RANGE SIZE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; JOS PLATEAU; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

LAGONOSTICTA SANGUINODORSALIS; VIDUA MARYAE;

EID: 27744596245     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270905000456     Document Type: Article

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