Performance of sub-Saharan vertebrates as indicator groups for identifying priority areas for conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 207-218

  Moore, Joslin L ^a,f   Balmford, Andrew ^b   Brooks, Thomas ^c   Burgess, Neil D ^b,d   Hansen, Louis A ^a   Rahbek, Carsten ^a   Williams, Paul H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Center for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

^d WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION STATUS; PRIORITIZATION; VERTEBRATE;

AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037326811     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01126.x     Document Type: Article

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