Identifying gaps in conservation networks: Of indicators and uncertainty in geographic-based analyses

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 531-542

  Flather, Curtis H ^a   Wilson, Kenneth R ^b   Dean, Denis J ^b   McComb, William C ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity mapping and disclosure of uncertainty; Cartography and error propagation; Conservation network, gaps in; Conservation reserves, designing of; Gap analysis; Indicator taxa, reliability of; Landscape conservation; Reserve design, role of ecological processes in; Species diversity and richness; Species habitat relationships

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION NETWORK; GAP ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030613883     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0531:IGICNO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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