How much of the vertebrate diversity of sub-Saharan Africa is catered for by recent conservation proposals?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 327-339

  Burgess, Neil D ^a,b   Rahbek, Carsten ^c   Larsen, Frank Wugt ^c   Williams, Paul ^d   Balmford, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b World Wildlife Fund USA ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Biodiversity; Conservation; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; PROTECTED AREA; VERTEBRATE;

AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036065273     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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