Geographic coincidence of diversity threatspots for three taxa and conservation planning in greece

Biological Conservation

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Troumbis, Andreas Y ^a   Dimitrakopoulos, Panayiotis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conservation value; Greece; Hotspots; Rare species; Threatened species; Threatspots

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; THREATENED SPECIES; THREATSPOT;

GREECE;

EID: 0032053451     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00093-1     Document Type: Article

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