Impact of prosopis juliflora on kenya's semi-arid and arid ecosystems and local livelihoods

Biodiversity

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 33-50

  Maundu, P ^a,b   Kibet, S ^b   Morimoto, Y ^a   Imbumi, M ^c   Adeka, R ^b  

^a Biodiversity International   (Kenya)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA;

EID: 72849121759     PISSN: 14888386     EISSN: 21600651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2009.9712842     Document Type: Article

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