Species richness, endemism, and the choice of areas for conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1094-1100

  Kerr, Jeremy T ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENDEMISM; SPECIES RICHNESS; UMBRELLA SPECIES;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031405026     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96089.x     Document Type: Article

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