Hunting intensity in the suhuma forest reserve in the sefwi wiawso district of the western region of ghana: A threat to biodiversity conservation

West African Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue , 2010, Pages 135-142

  Ofori, B Y ^a   Attuquayefio, D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

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Indexed keywords

ANOMALURUS; ATHERURUS; ATHERURUS AFRICANUS; CEPHALOPHUS DORSALIS; CEPHALOPHUS MAXWELLII; CRICETOMYS EMINI; CRICETOMYS GAMBIANUS; DENDROHYRAX DORSALIS; MAMMALIA; MANIS TETRADACTYLA; NEOTRAGUS PYGMAEUS; PROCAVIIDAE; PTEROMYINI; RATTUS; SCIURIDAE; THRYONOMYS SWINDERIANUS; TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS;

EID: 80855124270     PISSN: 08554307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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