Evaluating the contribution of Small National Park areas to regional biodiversity

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 324-330

  Falkner, Maurya B ^a   Stohlgren, Thomas J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Jaccard's Coefficient; National Park System units; Species density; Species richness; Species area curves

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY COSNERVATION; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NATIONAL PARK; PROTECTED AREA; RSSRVE DESIGN; SPECIES-AREA CURVE;

USA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031405847     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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