Changing places: How the results of new field work in the Rubeho Mountains influence conservation priorities in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-144

  Doggart, Nike ^a   Perkin, Andrew ^b   Kiure, Jacob ^a   Fjeldså, Jon ^c   Poynton, John ^d   Burgess, Neil ^e,f,g  

^a Tanzania Forest Conservation Group   (Tanzania)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e WWF US Conservation Science Programme ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g Conservation and Management of the Eastern Arc Mountain Forests ^*  (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Eastern Arc Mountains; Endemic vertebrates; Rubehos; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; VERTEBRATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33744504900     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00572.x     Document Type: Review

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