A mechanistic approach to evaluation of umbrella species as conservation surrogates

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1507-1515

  Ozaki, Kenichi ^a   Isono, Masahiro ^a   Kawahara, Takayuki ^a   Iida, Shigeo ^a   Kudo, Takuma ^a   Fukuyama, Kenji ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Biodiversity; Habitat model; Home range; Indicator species; Japan; Northern Goshawk

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; FOREST FLOOR; HOME RANGE; PLANT; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BUTTERFLIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; JAPAN; PLANTS;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; CARABIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33748922958     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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