Environmental parameters and anthropogenic effects predicting the spatial distribution of wild ungulates in the Akagera savannah ecosystem

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 756-766

  Averbeck, Christiane ^a   Apio, Ann ^b,c   Plath, Martin ^c,d   Wronski, Torsten ^e,f  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

^f ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lake Mburo National Park; Spatial distribution; Uganda; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATIONAL PARK; SAVANNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNGULATE;

LAKE MBURO NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; UGANDA;

DAMA; SYLVICAPRA GRIMMIA; TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 70549108224     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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