Biodiversity hotspots, centres of endemicity, and the conservation of coral reefs

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 775-784

  Hughes, Terry P ^a   Bellwood, David R ^a   Connolly, Sean R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Coral reefs; Endemics; Geographical range; Hotspots; Middomain effect; Pandemics; Reef fishes.

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CORAL REEF; ENDEMISM;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 0036850039     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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