Identifying potential indicators of conservation value using natural heritage occurrence data

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 186-201

  Pearman, Peter B ^a,b   Penskar, Michael R ^a   Schools, Edward H ^a   Enander, Helen D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Conservation planning; Conservation priority; Endangered species; Heritage program; Inventory; Monitoring; Null model; Randomization test; Rarity; Reserve selection; Surrogate species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; MONITORING; PRIORITIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DATABASE; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, GENETIC; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT LAKES REGION; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33645103714     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1938     Document Type: Article

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