Application of fragmentation research to conservation planning for multiple stakeholders: An example from the Taita Hills, southeast Kenya

Biological Conservation

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-278

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

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Afrotropical; Applied research; CEPF; Forest fragmentation; Stakeholders in conservation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; ORNITHOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK; STAKEHOLDER;

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

AVES;

EID: 33751321395     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.11.016     Document Type: Article

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