Bird species richness and abundance in different forest types at Kakamega Forest, western Kenya

Ostrich

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-42

  Munyekenye, F B ^a   Mwangi, E M ^b   Gichuki, N N ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAESOPSIS EMINII; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 44449096271     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2008.79.1.4.361     Document Type: Article

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