China subregional avian endemism and biodiversity conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1119-1130

  Lei, Fu Min ^a   Wei, Guo An ^a   Zhao, Hong Feng ^a   Yin, Zuo Hua ^a   Lu, Jian Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Avian endemic species; Avifaunal subregion; Richness; Subregional endemism

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMISM; ISOLATION EFFECT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

AVES;

EID: 34248139784     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9080-3     Document Type: Article

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