Biogeographical patterns of endemic terrestrial Afrotropical birds

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 147-162

  De Klerk, H M ^a,b,e   Crowe, T M ^a   Fjeldsa J ^b   Burgess, N D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c WWF US Conservation Science Programme ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Afrotropical region; Biogeography; Birds; Endemism; Ethiopian Region

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENDEMISM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036099577     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2002.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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