Focal species, community representation, and physical proxies as conservation strategies: A case study in the Amphibolite Mountains, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 936-947

  Kintsch, Julia A ^b   Urban, Dean L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; RARE SPECIES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036328181     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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