Testing large-scale conservation corridors designed for patterns and processes: Comparative phylogeography of three tree species

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1418-1428

  Potts, Alastair J ^a   Hedderson, Terry A ^a   Cowling, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Albany Subtropical Thicket; Comparative phylogeography; Megaconservancy networks; Megaherbivores; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CHLOROPLAST; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DNA; DRAINAGE; GENE FLOW; HERBIVORE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEED DISPERSAL; TREE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; MAMMALIA; NYMANIA CAPENSIS; PAPPEA CAPENSIS; SCHOTIA AFRA;

EID: 84885382880     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12113     Document Type: Article

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