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: 679

Full Length Research Paper

Feeding pattern of forest elephants in the Nki National Park and its environs, East Region, Cameroon

Fai Collins Ndi
  • Fai Collins Ndi
  • Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, the University of Bamenda, P. O. Box 39, Bambili, Cameroon.
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Nguedem Sylvie Fonkwo
  • Nguedem Sylvie Fonkwo
  • Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, the University of Bamenda, P. O. Box 39, Bambili, Cameroon.
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Tonjock Rosemary Kinge
  • Tonjock Rosemary Kinge
  • Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, the University of Bamenda, P. O. Box 39, Bambili, Cameroon.
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  •  Received: 06 December 2021
  •  Accepted: 18 January 2022
  •  Published: 31 January 2022

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