Sacred sites as hotspots for biodiversity: The Three Sisters Cave complex in coastal Kenya

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Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-123

  Metcalfe, Kristian ^a,c   Ffrench Constant, Richard ^a   Gordon, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cave; Coastal forest; East Africa; Fauna; Flora; Hotspot; Kenya; Sacred site

Indexed keywords

CAVE; COASTAL PLAIN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOT SPOT; PROTECTED AREA;

KENYA;

TORREYA NUCIFERA;

EID: 77952533713     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309990731     Document Type: Article

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