Prioritizing wildlife taxa for biological diversity conservation at the local scale

Environmental Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 315-321

  Breininger, David R ^a   Barkaszi, Mary Jo ^a   Smith, Rebecca B ^a   Oddy, Donna M ^a   Provancha, Jane A ^a  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Conservation; Endangered species

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PUBLIC POLICY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; PRIORITIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

USA, FLORIDA;

EID: 0032032335     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900107     Document Type: Article

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