Conservation implications of deforestation across an elevational gradient in the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2510-2521

  Hall, Jaclyn ^a   Burgess, Neil D ^b,c   Lovett, Jon ^d   Mbilinyi, Boniface ^e   Gereau, Roy E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Conservation Science Program ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^f MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Eastern Arc Mountains; Endemic plants; Forest loss; Red list

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ELEVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT LOSS; MONTANE FOREST; PALEOECOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 69249208446     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.05.028     Document Type: Article

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