Multivariate mapping of spatial variation in biodiversity in Peruvian Amazonia

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-249

  Rose, Sam ^a   Grainger, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biodiversity classification; Biodiversity mapping; Biodiversity representation; Conservation planning; Nominal numerical classification

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; MAPPING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PERU;

EID: 0037768542     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2003.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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