Imperilled phylogenetic endemism of Malagasy lemuriformes

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 664-675

  Gudde, Renske M ^a,b,c   Joy, Jeffrey B ^b   Mooers, Arne O ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endemism; Lemurs; Madagascar; Phylogeny; Risk

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMISM; EXTINCTION RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PROBABILITY; RARE SPECIES;

MADAGASCAR;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; LEMURIFORMES;

EID: 84879128255     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12023     Document Type: Article

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