A new population of the Critically Endangered Aders' duiker Cephalophus adersi confirmed from northern coastal Kenya

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Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 444-447

  Andanje, Samuel A ^a   Bowkett, Andrew E ^b,e   Agwanda, Bernard Risky ^c   Ngaruiya, Grace W ^d,f   Plowman, Amy B ^b   Wacher, Tim ^d   Amin, Rajan ^d  

^a KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^b Paignton Zoo ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Aders' duiker; Boni National Reserve; camera trap; Cephalophus adersi; Dodori National Reserve; forest antelope; Kenya

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT LOSS; HUNTING; NATIONAL PARK; RED LIST; UNGULATE;

ARABUKO-SOKOKE FOREST; COAST PROVINCE; KENYA; TANA RIVER [KENYA]; TANZANIA;

CEPHALOPHUS ADERSI; OTUS IRENEAE;

EID: 80155214159     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003060531000181X     Document Type: Article

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