Unravelling biodiversity, evolution and threats to conservation in the Sahara‐Sahel

Carlos Brito, José; Godinho, Raquel; Martínez‐Freiría, Fernando; M. Pleguezuelos, Juan; Rebelo, Hugo; Santos, Xavier; Gomes Vale, Cândida; Velo‐Antón, Guillermo; Boratyński, Zbyszek; B. Carvalho, Sílvia; Ferreira, Sónia; V. Gonçãlves, Duarte; Luísa Silva, Teresa; Tarroso, Pedro; C. Campos, João; V. Leite, João; Garrido Nogueira, Joana; Álvares, Francisco; Sillero, Neftalí; Saad Sow, Andack; Fahd, Soumía; Crochet, Pierre‐André; Carranza, Salvador

doi:10.1111/brv.12049

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Unravelling biodiversity, evolution and threats to conservation in the Sahara‐Sahel

Published in Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society • Jul 13, 2013

Authors:

José Carlos Brito

Raquel Godinho

Fernando Martínez‐Freiría

Abstract

Deserts and arid regions are generally perceived as bare and rather homogeneous areas of low diversity. The Sahara is the largest warm desert in the world and together with the arid Sahel displays high topographical and climatic heterogeneity, and has experienced recent and strong climatic oscillati...

Subject

Biodiversity

Geography

Ecology

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