Geographical patterns of old and young species in African forest biota: The significance of specific montane areas as evolutionary centres

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-346

  Fjeldså, Jon ^a   Lovett, Jon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diversity; forests; speciation; stability; Tropical Africa

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY; PLANT; SPECIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA;

AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0030618331     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018356506390     Document Type: Conference Paper

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