Critical and demographic effective population size of African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Borgu sector of Kainji Lake National Park, Nigeria

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 930-932

  Aremu, O T ^a   Onadeko, S A ^b   Ola Adams, B A ^b   Inah, E I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Breeding; Buffalo; Population; Relative abundance; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

BREEDING; BUFFALO; POPULATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; STOCHASTICITY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 34249823069     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.930.932     Document Type: Article

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