A database of schemes that prioritize sites and species based on their conservation value: Focusing business on biodiversity

BMC Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Blundell, Arthur G ^a   Burkey, Tormod V ^b,c  

^a Biodiversity Neutral Initiative Canada   (Canada)

^b DNV GL   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; PLANTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 38049110544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-7-10     Document Type: Article

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