Threat assessment and conservation prioritization of the herpetofauna of El Salvador

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2377-2395

  Greenbaum, Eli ^a,c   Komar, Oliver ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SalvaNATURA   (El Salvador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Complementarity; El Salvador; Herpetofauna; Inventory completeness; IUCN Red List categories; Museum data; Reptile

Indexed keywords

PRIORITIZATION; RED LIST; REPTILE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 26844521561     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-1670-3     Document Type: Article

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