Patterns of species richness and narrow endemism of terrestrial bird species in the Afrotropical region

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 327-342

  De Klerk, Helen M ^a,b,d   Crowe, Tim M ^a   Fjeldså, Jon ^b   Burgess, Neil D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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

^d CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Afrotropical birds; Narrow endemism; Patterns; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA;

AVES; BRACHYSTEGIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036125561     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902000365     Document Type: Article

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