Diversity and distribution of rodent and shrew species associated with variations in altitude on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Mammalia

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 178-185

  Mulungu, Loth S ^a   Makundi, Rhodes H ^a   Massawe, Apia W ^a   Machang'u, Robert S ^a   Mbije, Nsajigwa E ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Distribution; Mt. Kilimanjaro; Rodents; Shrews; Species diversity; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MAMMAL; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION TYPE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KILIMANJARO [KILIMANJARO (RGA)]; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

RODENTIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 53549101296     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2008.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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