Biodiversity congruence and conservation strategies: A national test

BioScience

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 632-639

  Xu, Haigen ^a   Wu, Jun ^b   Liu, Yan ^b   Ding, Hui ^b   Zhang, Ming ^b   Wu, Yi ^c   Xi, Qing ^c   Wang, Lili ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b NIES ^*

^c NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; China; Endemism; Nature reserves; Pattern

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 48249093559     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B580710     Document Type: Article

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