Patterns of seed dispersal and establishment of the invader prosopis juliflora in the upper floodplain of Tana River, Kenya

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-41

  Mworia, J K ^a   Kinyamario, J I ^a   Omari, J K ^a   Wambua, J K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Dispersers; Habitat; Shifting cultivation; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUUS ASINUS; PAPIO; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; POTAMOCHOERUS LARVATUS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79956078782     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: 17279380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/10220119.2011.571402     Document Type: Article

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