Assessing conservation priorities in megadiverse Mexico: Mammalian diversity, endemicity, and endangerment

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-17

  Ceballos, Gerardo ^a   Rodríguez, Pilar ^a   Medellín, Rodrigo A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Conservation of mammalian diversity; Distribution patterns; Endangerment; Endemicity; Mexican mammals; Rarity and conservation priorities; Species distribution trends

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED MAMMAL; ENDEMIC MAMMAL; MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0345596442     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0008:ACPIMM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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