Community-level diversity modelling of birds and butterflies on Anjouan, Comoro Islands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1364-1374

  Marsh, Charles J ^a   Lewis, Owen T ^b   Said, Ishaka ^c   Ewers, Robert M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Engagement Communautaire pour le Developpement Durable ^*  (Comoros)

Author keywords

Diversity; Beta Diversity; Comores; Generalised Dissimilarity Modelling; Reserve design; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANJOUAN; COMOROS;

EID: 77954819358     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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