A die-off of large ungulates following a Stomoxys biting fly out-break in lowland forest, northern Republic of Congo

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 528-536

  Elkan, Paul W ^a   Parnell, Richard ^a   Smith, J L David ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Republic of Congo; Stomoxys; Tragelaphus eurycerus; Tragelaphus spekei

Indexed keywords

FOREST CLEARANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION OUTBREAK; REMOTE SENSING; RUMINANT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CONGO;

MAMMALIA; STOMOXYS; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS; TRAGELAPHUS SPEKII; UNGULATA;

EID: 73149117565     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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