Predicting population sizes and priority conservation areas for 10 endemic Namibian bird species

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-131

  Jarvis, Alice M ^a   Robertson, Antony ^a  

^a Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Endemic birds; Namibia; Population status

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; PROTECTED AREA;

NAMIBIA;

AVES;

EID: 0033007006     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00060-3     Document Type: Article

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