Effectiveness of the global protected area network in representing species diversity

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6983, 2004, Pages 640-643

  Rodrigues, Ana S L ^a   Andelman, Sandy J ^b   Bakan, Mohamed I ^c   Boitani, Luigi ^d   Brooks, Thomas M ^a   Cowling, Richard M ^e   Fishpool, Lincoln D C ^f   Da Fonseca, Gustavo A B ^a,g   Gaston, Kevin J ^h   Hoffmann, Michael ^a   Long, Janice S ^a   Marquet, Pablo A ⁱ   Pilgrim, John D ^a   Pressey, Robert L ^j   Schipper, Jan ^k   Sechrest, Wes ^a   Stuart, Simon H ^a   Underhill, Les G ^l   Waller, Robert W ^a   Watts, Matthew E J ^m   Yan, Xie ⁿ   more..

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^j OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^m Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (Australia)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANNING;

GLOBAL DATA SETS; GLOBAL GAP ANALYSIS; GLOBAL PROTECTED AREA NETWORK;

BIODIVERSITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND BIOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11144355406     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02422     Document Type: Article

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