A half a century of habitat change in Amboseli National Park, Kenya

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 302-310

  Western, David ^a  

^a AFRICAN CONSERVATION CENTRE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Amboseli; Biodiversity; Habitat change; Woodland loss

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT LOSS; SWAMP; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND;

AFRICA; AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548052220     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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