Identification and conservation application of signal, noise, and taxonomic effects in diversity patterns

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-58

  Fleishman, Erica ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Beta diversity; Great Basin; Monitoring; Nestedness; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 30944434655     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: 1578665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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