Choosing the appropriate scale of reserves for conservation

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 30, Issue , 1999, Pages 83-108

  Schwartz, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse filter; Ecosystem management; Endangered Species Act; Fine filter; Reserve selection

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; RESERVE DESIGN; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0033388064     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.30.1.83     Document Type: Article

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