Designing nature reserves: Traditional criteria may act as misleading indicators of quality

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 223-233

  Nebbia, Ana Julia ^a   Zalba, Sergio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Area of remnants; Fragmentation; Invasive alien species; Quality attributes; Reserve design

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE RESERVE; PATCH SIZE; RELICT COMMUNITY; RESERVE DESIGN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 33846958394     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9139-1     Document Type: Article

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