Roads as a threat to the serengeti ecosystem

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1122-1125

  Fyumagwa, R ^a   Gereta, E ^a   Hassan, S ^b   Kideghesho, J R ^b   Kohi, E M ^a   Keyyu, J ^a   Magige, F ^c   Mfunda, I M ^d   Mwakatobe, A ^a   Ntalwila, J ^a   Nyahongo, J W ^e   Runyoro, V ^f   Roskaft E ^g  

^a TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d Kingolwira National Fish Farm   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA   (Tanzania)

^f Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority   (Tanzania)

^g NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; ROADKILL; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; VULNERABILITY;

SERENGETI; TANZANIA;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; POLICY; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; TANZANIA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; SOCIAL PLANNING; TANZANIA; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84884718810     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12116     Document Type: Article

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