Community opinions on wildlife, resource use and livelihood competition in Kimana group ranch near Amboseli, Kenya

Open Conservation Biology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Okello, Moses Makonjio ^a   Buthmann, Eric ^a   Mapinu, Benjamin ^b   Kahi, Henry C ^b  

^a Center for Wildlife Management Studies   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Community conservation; Human wildlife interactions; Irrigated agriculture; Land uses; References; Wildlife dispersal

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951661673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18748392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874839201105010001     Document Type: Article

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