'Serengeti shall not die': Transforming an ambition into a reality

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-248

  Kideghesho, Jafari R ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Challenges; Conservation; Ecosystem; Grzimek; National park; Serengeti; Tanzania; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951702253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291000300301     Document Type: Review

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