Are the endemic water beetles of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands effectively protected?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1612-1627

  Sánchez Fernández, David ^a   Bilton, David T ^b   Abellán, Pedro ^a,c   Ribera, Ignacio ^c   Velasco, Josefa ^a   Millán, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; Effectiveness; Endemism; Gap analysis; Natura 2000; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

COLEOPTERA; OCHTHEBIUS;

EID: 44649163818     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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