Geographical sampling bias and its implications for conservation priorities in Africa

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1719-1727

  Reddy, Sushma ^a,b   Dávalos, Liliana M ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Biodiversity hotspots; Birds; Conservation priority setting; Locality records; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GIS; SAMPLING BIAS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0242573339     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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