How do indicator groups provide information about the relative biodiversity of different sets of areas?: On hotspots, complementarity and pattern-based approaches

Biodiversity Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-25

  Faith, D P ^a   Walker, P A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Complementarity; Diversity; Environmental diversity; Hotspots; Indicator groups; Ordination

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT; BIOINDICATOR; COMPLEMENTARITY; PATTERN-BASED APPROACH; RELATIVE BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 0030429589     PISSN: 09679952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2999706     Document Type: Article

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