Species turnover between Afromontane and eastern African lowland faunas: Patterns shown by amphibians

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 669-680

  Poynton, J C ^a,b   Boycott, R C ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Afromontane; Amphibia; species richness; species turnover; zoogeography

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; SPECIES TURNOVER;

AFRICA, (EAST);

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 0030303310     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1996.tb00027.x     Document Type: Article

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