Demography of an Afrotropical passerine in a highly fragmented landscape

Animal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-27

  Githiru, M ^a,b,c   Lens, Luc ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Afrotropical; Demography; Forest fragmentation; Taita Hills; White starred robin

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPICAL REGION; DEMOGRAPHY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PASSERINE;

ANIMALIA; BIAS; PASSERIFORMES; POGONOCICHLA STELLATA;

EID: 33644798002     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2005.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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