Transboundary conservation in the greater Virunga landscape: Its importance for landscape species

Biological Conservation

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-287

  Plumptre, Andrew J ^a   Kujirakwinja, Deo ^a   Treves, Adrian ^b   Owiunji, Isaiah ^a   Rainer, Helga ^c  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Uganda)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c International Gorilla Conservation Programme   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Landscape species; Large birds; Large mammals; Transboundary conservation; War

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CIVIL WAR; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MOVEMENT; NATIONAL PARK; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION;

AFRICA; BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NORD-KIVU; RIFT VALLEY; RWANDA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ELEPHANTIDAE; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33751331672     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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