Common species determine richness patterns in biodiversity indicator taxa

Biological Conservation

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 109-119

  Pearman, Peter B ^a   Weber, Darius ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Hintermann and Weber SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicator; Conservation planning; Distribution; Hotspot; Monitoring; Surrogate species

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRAPHICAL METHOD; RARE SPECIES; RED LIST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34250022877     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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