The impact of civil war on forest wildlife in West Africa: Mammals in Gola Forest, Sierra Leone

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Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-77

  Lindsell, Jeremy A ^a   Klop, Erik ^a   Siaka, Alhaji M ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b Gola Forest Programme   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Cercopithecus; distance; Gola forest; Hexaprotodon liberiensis; Loxodonta cyclotis; Sierra Leone; tropical forest; war

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CIVIL WAR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EASTERN PROVINCE [SIERRA LEONE]; GOLA FOREST RESERVE; GUINEA; SIERRA LEONE;

CERCOPITHECUS; HEXAPROTODON LIBERIENSIS; HYEMOSCHUS AQUATICUS; LOXODONTA CYCLOTIS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SYNCERUS CAFFER; SYNCERUS CAFFER NANUS;

EID: 79952932348     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310000347     Document Type: Article

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