A higher-taxon approach to rodent conservation priorities for the 21st century;Aproximación a nivel de suprataxón de las prioridades de conservación de roedores en el siglo XXI

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Amori, Giovanni ^a   Gippoliti, Spartaco ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation priorities; Mammals; Phylogenetic distance; Rodents

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; PHYLOGENETICS; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0842290982     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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