Conservation status, rarity, and geographic priorities for conservation of Chilean mammals: An assessment

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-68

  Cofre, Hernán ^a   Marquet, Pablo A ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Conservation priorities; Latin America; Mammals; Rarity

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MAMMAL; NATURE CONSERVATION;

CHILE;

MAMMALIA; PUNA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032966247     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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