Conservation, the two pillars of ecological explanation, and the paradigm of distance

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 305-310

  Nekola, Jeffrey C ^a   White, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation strategies; Distance decay; Exotic species; SLOSS

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; NATURE RESERVE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0036773883     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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