Forest disturbance and cropping mixtures influence crop raiding by red-tailed monkey and grey-cheeked mangabey around Mabira Forest Reserve, Uganda
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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ecology and The Natural Environment
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2006-9847
DOI: 10.5897/jene11.028