Towards a global map of biodiversity: Patterns in the distribution of restricted-range birds

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 281-304

  Long, Adrian J ^a   Crosby, Michael J ^a   Stattersfield, Alison J ^a   Wege, David C ^a  

^a BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Birds; Conservation; Endemism; Mapping

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 0001754365     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997796     Document Type: Article

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