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¹ CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratorio Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.
² BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal.
³ School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁴ Biodiversity Initiative, Houghton, MI, USA.
⁵ Fundação Kissama, Luanda, Angola.
⁶ A. P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria.
⁷ FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁸ Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (ISCED-Huíla), Lubango, Angola.
⁹ Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
¹⁰ Museum für Naturkunde-Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany.
¹¹ National Geographic, Washington, DC, USA.
¹² Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
¹³ Departamento de Biologia da Faculdade de Ciências Naturais da Universidade Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola.
¹⁴ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Eswatini, Kwaluseni, Eswatini.
¹⁵ Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹⁶ CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratorio Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal. melo.martim@gmail.com.
¹⁷ BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal. melo.martim@gmail.com.
¹⁸ FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. melo.martim@gmail.com.
¹⁹ Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. melo.martim@gmail.com.

PMID: 36941346
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02025-9

The last Afromontane forests in Angola are threatened by fires

Luke L Powell et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2023 May.

. 2023 May;7(5):628-629.

doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02025-9.

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¹ CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratorio Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal.
² BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal.
³ School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁴ Biodiversity Initiative, Houghton, MI, USA.
⁵ Fundação Kissama, Luanda, Angola.
⁶ A. P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria.
⁷ FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁸ Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação da Huíla (ISCED-Huíla), Lubango, Angola.
⁹ Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
¹⁰ Museum für Naturkunde-Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany.
¹¹ National Geographic, Washington, DC, USA.
¹² Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
¹³ Departamento de Biologia da Faculdade de Ciências Naturais da Universidade Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola.
¹⁴ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Eswatini, Kwaluseni, Eswatini.
¹⁵ Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹⁶ CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratorio Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal. melo.martim@gmail.com.
¹⁷ BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal. melo.martim@gmail.com.
¹⁸ FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. melo.martim@gmail.com.
¹⁹ Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. melo.martim@gmail.com.

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DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02025-9

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