Should endemism be a focus of conservation efforts along the North Pacific Coast of North America?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 207-213

  Cook, J A ^a,c   MacDonald, S O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^b Idaho State University ^*  (United States)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; British Columbia; Endemism; Mammals; North Pacific Coast

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMISM; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; ISLAND;

NORTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035181874     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00113-0     Document Type: Article

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