Preliminary assessment of the flagship species concept at a small scale

Animal Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-70

  Caro, Tim ^a,b   Engilis Jr , Andrew ^a,b   Fitzherbert, Emily ^a,c   Gardner, Toby ^a,c  

^a Las Cuevas Research Station   (Belize)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BELIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANURA; ARANEAE; ATELES SP.; AVES; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; MAMMALIA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; TAPIRIDAE; TAYASSU PECARI; TAYASSUIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 14644397930     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136794300300115X     Document Type: Article

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