Indicator taxa, rapid biodiversity assessment, and nestedness in an endangered ecosystem

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1726-1734

  Kerr, Jeremy T ^a,d   Sugar, Alissa ^b   Packer, Laurence ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; PRIORITIZATION;

CANADA;

HESPERIIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0034511202     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99275.x     Document Type: Article

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