The biological importance of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya

Biological Conservation

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-231

  Burgess, N D ^a,b,c   Butynski, T M ^d   Cordeiro, N J ^e,f   Doggart, N H ^g   Fjeldsa J ^h   Howell, K M ⁱ   Kilahama, F B ^a   Loader, S P ^k   Lovett, J C ^l   Mbilinyi, B ^a   Menegon, M ^m   Moyer, D C ⁿ   Nashanda, E ^j   Perkin, A ^g   Rovero, F ^m   Stanley, W T ^e   Stuart, S N ^o  

^a Forestry and Beekeeping Division ^*  (Tanzania)

^b WWF USA Conservation Science Programme ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d IUCN Eastern Africa Regional Office   (Kenya)

^e FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^f TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^g Tanzania Forest Conservation Group   (Tanzania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^j Kingolwira National Fish Farm   (Tanzania)

^k DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^m MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

ⁿ WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Tanzania)

^o SSC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Diversity; Eastern Arc Mountains; Endemism; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; NGURU MOUNTAINS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS; ULUGURU MOUNTAINS; USAMBARA MOUNTAINS; WEST AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); AVES; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; COLOBINAE; DIPLOPODA; GALAGO; INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; REPTILIA; SAINTPAULIA; STREPSIRHINI; TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33751310065     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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