Human and livestock encroachments into the habitat of Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) in the Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-273

  Mamo, Y ^a   Bekele, A ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Browsing; Encroachment; Habitat; Livestock; Mountain nyala; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT TYPE; HEIGHT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIVESTOCK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BALE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; ETHIOPIA;

TRAGELAPHUS ANGASII; TRAGELAPHUS BUXTONI;

EID: 79959526907     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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