Unravelling biodiversity, evolution and threats to conservation in the sahara-sahel

Biological Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 215-231

  Brito, José C ^a,b   Godinho, Raquel ^a   Martínez Freiría, Fernando ^a   Pleguezuelos, Juan M ^c   Rebelo, Hugo ^a,d   Santos, Xavier ^a   Vale, Cândida G ^a,b   Velo Antón, Guillermo ^a   Boratyński, Zbyszek ^a,e   Carvalho, Sílvia B ^a   Ferreira, Sónia ^a,b   Gonçalves, Duarte V ^a,b   Silva, Teresa L ^a,b   Tarroso, Pedro ^a   Campos, João C ^a,b   Leite, João V ^a   Nogueira, Joana ^a,b   Álvares, Francisco ^a   Sillero, Neftalí ^b   Sow, Andack S ^f   Fahd, Soumia ^f   Crochet, Pierre André ^g   Carranza, Salvador ^h   more..

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^f ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^g CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Biodiversity; Climate change; Conservation; Deserts; Distribution; Diversification; Phylogeography; Sahara; Sahel

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE;

EID: 84891658537     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12049     Document Type: Article

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