Mapping more of terrestrial biodiversity for global conservation assessment

BioScience

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1101-1109

  Ferrier, Simon ^a   Powell, George V N ^b   Richardson, Karen S ^c   Manion, Glenn ^a   Overton, Jake M ^d   Allnutt, Thomas F ^b   Cameron, Susan E ^e   Mantle, Kellie ^a   Burgess, Neil D ^b   Faith, Daniel R ^f   Lamoreux, John F ^g   Kier, Gerold ^h   Hijmans, Robert J ⁱ   Funk, Vicki A ^j   Cassis, Gerasimos A ^f   Fisher, Brian L ^k   Flemons, Paul ^f   Lees, David ^l   Lovett, Jon C ^m   Van Rompaey, Renaat S A R ⁿ  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b World Wildlife Fund ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^k CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^l DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Global; Mapping; Protected areas; Representativeness

Indexed keywords

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EID: 19944423399     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[1101:MMOTBF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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