Environmental cluster analysis as a tool for selecting complementary networks of conservation sites

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 335-345

  Trakhtenbrot, Ana ^a   Kadmon, Ronen ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Complementarity; Environmental surrogates; Regional conservation planning

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLORISTICS; RESERVE DESIGN;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 13944273855     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0077     Document Type: Article

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