Utility and limitations of species richness metrics for conservation planning

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 543-553

  Fleishman, Erica ^a   Noss, Reed F ^b   Noon, Barry R ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation planning; Hotspots; Scale dependence; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION; SOIL CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; HOTSPOTS; SCALE DEPENDENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; ENDEMISM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 33646790192     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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