The coincidence of people and biodiversity in Europe

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-12

  Araújo, Miguel B ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation priorities; Endemism; Europe; Human population density; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MAMMAL; PLANT; REPTILE;

EUROPE; EURASIA;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037278673     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2003.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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