Flagships, umbrellas, and keystones: Is single-species management passe in the landscape era?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-257

  Simberloff, Daniel ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Ecosystem health; Ecosystem management; Endangered species; Flagship species; Indicator species; Keystone species; Landscape ecology; Umbrella species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FLAGSHIP SPECIES; KEYSTONE SPECIES; UMBRELLA SPECIES;

EQUUS CABALLUS; PANACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031102939     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00081-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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