Spatial incongruence among hotspots and complementary areas of tree diversity in southern Africa

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 769-780

  Daru, Barnabas H ^a   van der Bank, Michelle ^a   Davies, T Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementarity; EDGE; Hotspots; Phylogenetic endemism; Protected areas; Trees of southern Africa

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EDGE EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PHYLOGENY; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84931956383     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12290     Document Type: Article

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