Conservation value of multiple-use areas in East Africa

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1516-1525

  Gardner, Toby A ^a,b   Caro, Tim ^b,c   Fitzherbert, Emily B ^a,b   Banda, Tasila ^c   Lalbhai, Punit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Human use; Katavi; National parks; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION; LAND USE; NATIONAL PARK; PROTECTED AREA;

AFRICA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

AFRICA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BUTTERFLIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KATAVI NATIONAL PARK; RUKWA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 37349074469     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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