Assessment of forest patches' extents and land cover changes in the Tana River Primate National Reserve, 1994-2004

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 546-550

  Owino, Alfred O ^a   Oyugi, Joseph O ^b  

^a KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^b Wilbur Wright College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST HEALTH; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; NATIONAL PARK; PATCHINESS; PRIMATE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SEMIARID REGION;

KENYA; TANA RIVER [KENYA];

PRIMATES;

EID: 77953694908     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01120.x     Document Type: Article

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