Local depletion of two larger Duikers in the Oban Hills Region, Nigeria

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-234

  Jimoh, Saka O ^a   Ikyaagba, Emmanuel T ^a   Alarape, Abideen A ^a   Adeyemi, Adesoji A ^a   Waltert, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation; Densities; Depletion; Duikers; Land use; Population

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SURVEYING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CROSS RIVER [(STT) NIGERIA]; CROSS RIVER NATIONAL PARK; NIGERIA; OBAN MASSIF;

CEPHALOPHUS DORSALIS; CEPHALOPHUS MONTICOLA; CEPHALOPHUS OGILBYI; PHILANTOMBA MONTICOLA;

EID: 84876448916     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aje.12027     Document Type: Article

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