Evaluation of biogeographic classification schemes for conservation planning: Application to New Zealand's coastal marine environment

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 467-481

  Shears, Nick T ^a,d   Smith, Franz ^b   Babcock, Russ C ^a,e   Duffy, Clinton A J ^c   Villouta, Eduardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Conservation ^*  (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Biodiversity surrogates; Biogeography; Macroalgae; Marine protected areas; Marine reserves; New Zealand; Subtidal temperate reefs

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; MACROALGA; MARINE PARK; REEF;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 41849083024     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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