Assessing the effectiveness of reserve acquisition programs in protecting rare and threatened species

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1657-1669

  Turner, Will R ^a,d   Wilcove, David S ^a,b   Swain, Hilary M ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^d Center for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; IUCN Red List; Lake Wales Ridge (Florida); Protection index; Sandhill; Scrub

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURE RESERVE; RARE SPECIES; RED LIST; RESERVE DESIGN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FLORIDA; HUMANS; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE WALES RIDGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845480085     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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