Quantifying biodiversity: A phenotypic perspective

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1014-1022

  Owens, Ian P F ^a,c   Bennett, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PHENOTYPING; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033859164     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.98509.x     Document Type: Article

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