From savannah to farmland: Effects of land-use on mammal communities in the Tarangire-Manyara ecosystem, Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 156-166

  Kiffner, Christian ^a   Wenner, Carolyn ^b   Laviolet, Adam ^c   Yeh, Karen ^d   Kioko, John ^a  

^a Center for Wildlife Management Studies   (Tanzania)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Colby College   (United States)

^d AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Defaunation; Illegal hunting; Mammal community structure; Mesopredator release hypothesis; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84922695944     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aje.12160     Document Type: Article

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