Phylogenetic diversity and the conservation biogeography of African primates

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1962-1974

  McGoogan, Keriann ^a   Kivell, Tracy ^a   Hutchison, Matthew ^a   Young, Hilary ^b   Blanchard, Sean ^a   Keeth, Margaret ^a   Lehman, Shawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Catarrhines; Conservation biogeography; Conservation rankings; Endemism; Phylogenetics; Primates

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION; ENDEMISM; FEEDING; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; RED LIST; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA;

ALLENOPITHECUS NIGROVIRIDIS; ARCTOCEBUS AUREUS; ARCTOCEBUS CALABARENSIS; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOCEBUS GALERITUS; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS SOLATUS; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS ANGOLENSIS; GALAGOIDES; GALAGOIDES ZANZIBARICUS; GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA; MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS; PAN PANISCUS; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS VERUS; THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS GELADA;

EID: 35349012165     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01759.x     Document Type: Article

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