Amazonian biodiversity: Assessing conservation priorities with taxonomic data

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1577-1587

  Kress, W J ^a   Heyer, W R ^a   Acevedo, P ^a   Coddington, J ^a   Cole, D ^a   Erwin, T L ^a   Meggers, B J ^a   Pogue, M ^a   Thorington, R W ^a   Vari, R P ^a   Weitzman, M J ^a   Weitzman, S H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biodiversity; Geographic information system (GIS); Museum collections; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GIS; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032454151     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008889803319     Document Type: Article

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