Influence of scale on conservation priority setting - A test on African mammals

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 599-614

  Larsen, Frank Wugt ^a   Rahbek, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Mammals; Priority setting; Shortcut; Spatial scale; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; MAMMAL; SCALE EFFECT; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037374291     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022448928753     Document Type: Article

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