Explaining the global pattern of protected area coverage: Relative importance of vertebrate biodiversity, human activities and agricultural suitability

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1337-1348

  Loucks, Colby ^a   Ricketts, Taylor H ^a   Naidoo, Robin ^a   Lamoreux, John ^b   Hoekstra, Jonathan ^c  

^a WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIC; Biodiversity; Conservation biogeography; Ecoregions; IUCN Red List; Protected areas; Resource consumption; Vertebrate endemism; Vertebrate richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOREGION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEARCTIC REGION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PALEARCTIC REGION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA; RED LIST; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47949105845     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01899.x     Document Type: Article

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