Vertebrate distributions indicate a greater aputaland-Pondoland-Albany region of endemism

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 107, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages

  Perera, Sandun J ^a   Ratnayake Perera, Dayani ^a   Procheş, Şerban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESCARPMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITIZATION; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES INVENTORY; VERTEBRATE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

EASTERN CAPE; KWAZULU-NATAL; MAPUTALAND; PONDOLAND; SOUTH AFRICA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960669098     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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