The use of teak (tectona grandis) plantations by large mammals in the kilombero valley, Southern Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-145

  Bonnington, C ^a,b   Weaver, D ^b   Fanning, E ^b  

^a Frontier Tanzania Savanna Research Programme Dar es Salaam   (Tanzania)

^b Society for Environmental Exploration   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging value; Habitat use; Tanzania; Timber plantations; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EVERGREEN TREE; GRASS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; MAMMAL; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANTATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; VALLEY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KILOMBERO VALLEY; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 66749147786     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00890.x     Document Type: Article

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