International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 678

Full Length Research Paper

Factors affecting attitudes of local people toward the red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea) in Kondoa District, Tanzania

Flora Manyama
  • Flora Manyama
  • Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Realfagbygget, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Julius W. Nyahongo
  • Julius W. Nyahongo
  • School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Dodoma, P. O. Box 259, Dodoma, Tanzania
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Eivin Røskaft
  • Eivin Røskaft
  • Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Realfagbygget, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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  •  Accepted: 16 January 2014
  •  Published: 28 February 2014

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