Using scientific evidence to guide the conservation of a highly fragmented and threatened Afrotropical forest

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Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 404-409

  Githiru, Mwangi ^a,c   Lens, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Afrotropical forest; Fragmentation; Kenya; Pogonocichla stellata; Spatial structure; Taita Hills; White starred robin

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TAITA HILLS;

POGONOCICHLA STELLATA;

EID: 31144460273     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605304000778     Document Type: Article

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