Linking political and scientifically derived targets for global biodiversity conservation: Implications for the expansion of the global network of protected areas

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 604-613

  Soutullo, Alvaro ^a   De Castro, Monica ^a   Urios, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity Hotspots; Conservation planning; Ecoregions; Gap analysis; Global 200; Last of the Wild; Reserves

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATABASE; ECOREGION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA;

EID: 44949153458     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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