Population trends of antelopes in Waza National Park (Cameroon) from 1960 to 2001: The interacting effects of rainfall, flooding and human interventions

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 431-439

  Scholte, Paul ^a,b   Adam, Saleh ^b,c   Serge, Bobo Kadiri ^b,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Waza Logone Project   (Cameroon)

^c Waza National Park   (Cameroon)

^d Ministry of Forests and Fauna   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Antelopes; Floodplain; Trends; Waza National Park

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFALL; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; RUMINANT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WAZA NATIONAL PARK; WEST AFRICA;

BOS; KOBUS; KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS; THESPESIA GRANDIFLORA;

EID: 34548016771     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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