Updated estimates of biotic diversity and endemism for Madagascar

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Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-77

  Goodman, Steven M ^a,c,d,e   Benstead, Jonathan P ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c WWF Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

^d WWF Madagascar   (Madagascar)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation priorities; Endemicity; Hotspots; Islands; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; CONSERVATION; ENDEMISM; ISLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 32344438714     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605305000128     Document Type: Article

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