Flight initiation distances of five herbivores to approaches by vehicles in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-229

  Nyahongo, Julius W ^a,b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AUTOMOBILE; COEVOLUTION; HERBIVORE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; TOLERANCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 44849092249     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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