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- Title
The terrestrial vertebrates of the Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique: a biogeographical perspective.
- Authors
Downs, Colleen T.; Wirminghaus, J. Olaf
- Abstract
Data on the birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammalian species of the Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique are presented. Species diversity was compared to island size and with data for other East African Islands. There was a low degree of endemism and the different faunas (particularly for mammals and the herpetofauna) were mainland in origin and a nested subset of that on the mainland. Several mammal and bird families were absent from the islands suggesting a process of relaxation on these relatively young islands with little colonization. Reasons for the observed diversity are discussed.
- Subjects
BAZARUTO Islands (Mozambique); MOZAMBIQUE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ANIMAL species; CLASSIFICATION of mammals; AMPHIBIANS; REPTILES
- Publication
Journal of Biogeography, 1997, Vol 24, Issue 5, p591
- ISSN
0305-0270
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2699.1997.tb00071.x