The potential of forest reserves for augmenting the protected area network in Africa

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Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-159

  Burgess, Neil D ^a,c,d   Loucks, Colby ^a   Stolton, Sue ^b   Dudley, Nigel ^b  

^a WWF Conservation Science Program ^*  (United States)

^b Equilibrium Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^c Forestry and Beekeeping Division ^*  (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Biomes; Ecoregions; Endemic bird areas; Forest reserves; Hotspots; Protected area network

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; BIRD; ECOREGION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST; NATURE RESERVE; PROTECTED AREA;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; KENYA; MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE; NIGERIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

AVES; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34547429431     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307001895     Document Type: Article

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