Checklist of mammals of the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania

Mammalia

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 47-55

  Rovero, Francesco ^a,b   De Luca, Daniela W ^c  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b c/o Udzungwa Mountains National Park ^*  (Tanzania)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Camera trapping; Checklist; Eastern Arc Mountains; Mammals; Udzungwa

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES INVENTORY; TRAPPING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34748910008     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2007.015     Document Type: Article

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