Higher taxa surrogates of spider (Araneae) diversity and their efficiency in conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 453-459

  Cardoso, Pedro ^a   Silva, Israel ^a   De Oliveira, Nuno G ^a   Serrano, Artur R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Estimation; Mediterranean; Portugal; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ARANEAE;

EID: 1642390188     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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