Factors for the presence of avian scavengers in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana

Area

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-349

  Campbell, Michael ^a  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accra; Ecology; Ghana; Hooded vulture; Kumasi; Pied crow; Urban

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; RAPTOR; SCAVENGER; URBAN PLANNING;

ACCRA; AFRICA; ASHANTI; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; KUMASI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AVES; CORVUS ALBUS; NECROSYRTES MONACHUS;

EID: 68749102183     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2008.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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