Faunal indicator taxa selection for monitoring ecosystem health

Biological Conservation

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-197

  Hilty, Jodi ^a   Merenlender, Adina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Guidelines; Invertebrates; Monitoring; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FAUNA; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURE CONSERVATION;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033977698     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00052-X     Document Type: Article

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