Selecting areas to protect the biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems in a semiarid Mediterranean region using water beetles

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 465-479

  Sanchez Fernandez D ^a   Abellan P ^a   Velasco, J ^a   Millan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Complementarity; Protected Natural Spaces; Semi arid Mediterranean region; Water beetles

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION STATUS; HABITAT CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 4944266205     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.633     Document Type: Article

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