Effectiveness of biodiversity indicators varies with extent, grain, and region

Biological Conservation

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 448-457

  Hess, George R ^a   Bartel, Rebecca A ^a   Leidner, Allison K ^a   Rosenfeld, Kristen M ^a   Rubino, Matthew J ^a   Snider, Sunny B ^a   Ricketts, Taylor H ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b World Wildlife Fund ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspots; Extent; Grain; Indicator taxa; Scale

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CEREAL; CLIMATIC REGION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORRELATION; ECOREGION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MAP; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY DESIGN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PAPILIONOIDEA; REPTILIA;

EID: 33748470119     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.04.037     Document Type: Article

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