Is higher-taxon analysis an useful surrogate of species richness in studies of Neotropical mammal diversity?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-106

  Grelle, Carlos Eduardo Viveiros ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Biodiversity assessment; Central America; Genera richness; Species richness

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHIROPTERA; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036832860     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00094-0     Document Type: Article

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