Monitoring of biological diversity: A common-ground approach

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-317

  Teder, Tiit ^a   Moora, Mari ^a   Roosaluste, Elle ^a   Zobel, Kristjan ^a   Pärtel, Meelis ^a   Kõljalg, Urmas ^a   Zobel, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomonitoring; Distribution maps; Indicators; Species lists

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; DATA ACQUISITION; DIVERSITY INDEX; MAPPING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947534021     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00575.x     Document Type: Review

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