Article
Molecular biogeography: towards an integrated framework for conserving pan-African biodiversity.
PloS one - 23 May 2007
Moodley Yoshan, Bruford Michael W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Biogeographic models partition ecologically similar species assemblages into discrete ecoregions. However, the history, relationship and interactions between these regions and their assemblages have rarely been explored. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Here we develop a taxon-based approach that explicitly utilises molecular information to compare ecoregion history and status, which we exemplify using...
Topics
- Africa South of the Sahara
- Animals
- Biodiversity
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Geography
- Models, Theoretical
- Phenotype