Factoring species, non-species values and threats into biodiversity prioritisation across the ecoregions of Africa and its islands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 383-401

  Burgess, Neil D ^a,b   Hales, Jennifer D'Amico ^a   Ricketts, Taylor H ^a   Dinerstein, Eric ^a  

^a Conservation Science Program ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Biodiversity; Non species biological values; Species; Threat

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOREGION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INDEX METHOD; PRIORITIZATION;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 28544443276     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.08.018     Document Type: Article

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