Patterns of African primate diversity and their evaluation for the selection of conservation areas

Biological Conservation

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-262

  Hacker, Jocelyn E ^a   Cowlishaw, Guy ^a   Williams, Paul H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Area selection; Conservation; Diversity; Primates

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; HOTSPOT; PRIMATE; SPATIAL PATTERN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0032104752     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00115-8     Document Type: Article

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