Assessing the utility of indicator groups for the conservation of South American terrestrial mammals

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 409-417

  Tognelli, Marcelo F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Complementary networks; Conservation planning; Indicator species; South American mammals

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MAMMAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 4344583786     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.05.013     Document Type: Article

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