Conservation priorities for peripheral species: The example of British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2240-2247

  Bunnell, Fred L ^a   Campbell, R Wayne ^b   Squires, Kelly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Westcam Consulting Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISKS;

CONSERVATION ACTIONS; RECOVERY PLANS; SPECIES; TAXA;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; PLANT; PRIORITIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; GENES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844320622     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-102     Document Type: Article

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