Refining biodiversity conservation priorities

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1957-1968

  Harris, Grant M ^a,b   Jenkins, Clinton N ^a   Pimm, Stuart L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; GIS; Hotspots; Prioritization; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GIS; HOT SPOT; PRIORITIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVE DESIGN;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 33244481247     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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