Species distributions, surrogacy, and important conservation regions in Canada

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 374-379

  Warman, Leanna D ^a   Forsyth, David M ^a,b   Sinclair, A R E ^a   Freemark, Kathryn ^c   Moore, Harold D ^d   Barrett, Thomas W ^e   Pressey, R L ^e   White, Denis ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d GeoInsight Limited   (Canada)

^e OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Complementarity; Congruence; Conservation; Irreplaceability; Minimum set; Reserve network; Species richness; Surrogacy; Taxonomic groups

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2542419441     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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