Distribution and protected area coverage of endemic taxa in West Africa's Biafran forests and highlands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-208

  Bergl, Richard A ^a,b   Oates, John F ^b,c,d   Fotso, Roger ^e  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Nigeria)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Endemism; Gulf of Guinea; Highland areas; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GIS; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PRIMATE; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOAD; UPLAND REGION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOKO; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GULF OF GUINEA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33751347621     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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