Does higher taxon diversity reflect richness of conservation interest species?. The case for birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles in Greek protected areas

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 664-671

  Mazaris, Antonios D ^a   Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^a,b   Sgardelis, Stephanos P ^a   Pantis, John D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Mediterranean region; Species richness; Surrogate measure

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; MAMMALS; SEAWATER;

BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURROGATE MEASURES;

BIODIVERSITY;

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; MAMMAL; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; REPTILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURROGATE METHOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 40649124511     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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