The effectiveness of Iberian protected areas in conserving terrestrial biodiversity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1423-1432

  Araújo, Miguel B ^a   Lobo, Jorge M ^a   Moreno, Juan C ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Conservation planning; Gap analysis; Iberian Peninsula; Natura 2000; Reserve selection

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; PLANT; PROTECTED AREA; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; VERTEBRATES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; GYMNOSPERMAE; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37349018019     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00827.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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