Unnatural selection: An analysis of the ecological representativeness of natural world heritage sites

Professional Geographer

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 256-268

  Hazen, Helen ^a,b   Anthamatten, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Conservation; Ecoregion; Representativeness; World Heritage

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOME; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

EID: 34247471118     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9272.2007.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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