A freshwater classification approach for biodiversity conservation planning

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 432-445

  Higgins, Jonathan V ^a   Bryer, Mark T ^a   Khoury, Mary L ^a   Fitzhugh, Thomas W ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Conservation planning; Freshwater biodiversity; Representative

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM;

COLUMBIA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; PARAGUAY RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16244379846     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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