Emerging issues and challenges in conservation of biodiversity in the rangelands of Tanzania

Nature Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-29

  Kideghesho, Jafari R ^a   Rija, Alfan A ^a   Mwamende, Kuruthumu A ^a   Selemani, Ismail S ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Civil war; Climate change; Habitat degradation; Illegal hunting; Invasive species; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899690377     PISSN: 13146947     EISSN: 13143301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.6.5407     Document Type: Article

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