Global gap analysis: Priority regions for expanding the global protected-area network

BioScience

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1092-1100

  Rodrigues, Ana S L ^a   Akçakaya, H Resit ^d   Andelman, Sandy J ^e   Bakarr, Mohamed I ^f   Boitani, Luigi ^g   Brooks, Thomas M ^a   Chanson, Janice S ^c   Fishpool, Lincoln D C ^h   Da Fonseca, Gustavo A B ^a,b   Gaston, Kevin J ⁱ   Hoffmann, Michael ^a   Marquet, Pablo A ^j,k   Pilgrim, John D ^a   Pressey, Robert L ^l   Schipper, Jan ^m   Sechrest, Wes ^c   Stuart, Simon N ^c   Underhill, Les G ⁿ   Waller, Robert W ^a   Watts, Matthew E J ^l   Yan, Xie ^o   more..

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c IUCN/SSC CI/CABS Biodiversity Assessment Initiative   (United States)

^d APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^f WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^h BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^j Ctr Adv Studs Ecol and Biodiv   (Chile)

^k PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^l OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^o INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

more..

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Conservation priorities; Global gap analysis; Irreplaceability; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 19944373718     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[1092:GGAPRF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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