Protection of mammal diversity in Central America

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1037-1044

  Jenkins, Clinton N ^a   Giri, Chandra ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation priorities; Hotspot; Mammal; Protected area; Range map; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MAMMAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 48749127369     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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