Molecular biogeography: Towards an integrated framework for conserving Pan-African biodiversity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Moodley, Yoshan ^a   Bruford, Michael W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; TAXONOMY; TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MAMMALIA; TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 42349092083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000454     Document Type: Article

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