Angola's central scarp forests: Patterns of bird diversity and conservation threats

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1883-1903

  Mills, Michael S L ^a,b,c,d  

^a University of Jos   (Niger)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Birding Africa   (South Africa)

^d NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Angolan scarp forests; Bird communities; Distributions of threatened species; Endemic bird taxa; Threats to forests

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DRY FOREST; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ESCARPMENT; ISOLATED POPULATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSPECIES; SURVIVAL;

ANGOLA; CONGO BASIN;

AVES;

EID: 77952955787     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9810-4     Document Type: Article

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