A comparative measure of biodiversity based on species composition

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 833-840

  Jennings, Michael D ^a   Hoekstra, Jonathan ^a   Higgins, Jonathan ^a   Boucher, Timothy ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Compositional representativeness; Conservation; Representation; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOREGION; FISH; FRESHWATER; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41149125891     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9322-7     Document Type: Article

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