Human and natural impacts on forests along lower Tana river, Kenya: Implications towards conservation and management of endemic primate species and their habitat

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1161-1173

  Moinde Fockler, Nancy Nthenya ^a   Oguge, Nicholas Otienoh ^b   Karere, Genesio Mugambi ^a   Otina, Daniel ^c   Suleman, Mbaruk Abdalla ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Community conservation; Crested Mangabey; Forest destruction; Human and Natural impacts; Red Colobus; Tana River

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOREST CLEARANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; NATURE RESERVE; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANA RIVER [KENYA];

CERCOCEBUS; CERCOCEBUS GALERITUS; COLOBINAE; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS RUFOMITRATUS;

EID: 34248227787     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9096-8     Document Type: Article

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