Threatened and endemic species: Are they good indicators of patterns of biodiversity on a national scale?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 733-741

  Bonn, Aletta ^a   Rodrigues, Ana S L ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary networks; Conservation planning; Endemism; Peak abundance locations; Species richness; Threat

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

LESOTHO; SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES;

EID: 0036849164     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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