Population density estimates of some species of wild ungulates in Simanjiro plains, northern Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 370-372

  Rija, Alfan A ^a,b   Hassan, Shombe N ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; UNGULATE; WILD POPULATION;

MANYARA; SIMANJIRO; TANZANIA;

UNGULATA;

EID: 79961087452     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2011.01256.x     Document Type: Article

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